This randomized trial (NEAT-HFpEF) of 110 subjects (59 placebos) disproves, by clinical and biological markers, the utility of nitrates for exercise tolerance. This is a subset of cardiac failure patients we are likely to encounter in general cardiothoracic surgical practice.
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Isosorbide Mononitrate in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Submitted by: Aristotle Protopapas
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine
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Author(s): Redfield MM, Anstrom KJ, Levine JA, Koepp GA, Borlaug BA, Chen HH, LeWinter MM, Joseph SM, Shah SJ, Semigran MJ, Felker GM, Cole RT, Reeves GR, Tedford RJ, Tang WH, McNulty SE, Velazquez EJ, Shah MR, Braunwald E
