Effects of Serelaxin in Patients with Acute Heart Failure

Marco Metra¹, John R Teerlink¹, Gad Cotter¹+47

• ¹From Cardiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiologic Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia (M.M.), Centro Cardiologico Universitario di Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Ferrara (R.F.), and Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, Cotignola (R.F.) - all in Italy; the Section of Cardiology, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.R.T.), and the Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (B.H.G.) - all in California; Momentum Research (G.C., B.A.D.) and the Division of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine (G.M.F.), Durham, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (K.F.A.) - all in North Carolina; the School of Medicine, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (G.F.); the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens (G.F.); the Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis (P.S.P.); the Department of Heart Diseases, Medical University, Military Hospital, Wrocław (P.P.), and Instytut Kardiologii, Warsaw (J.S.) - both in Poland; University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (A.A.V.); the Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, German Center for Cardiovascular Research partner site Berlin (S.D.A., B.P.), and Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (S.D.A.), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin-Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, and Saarland University, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Homburg, Homburg (M.B.) - all in Germany; the Coronary Care and Emergency Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City (A.A.-M.); Hospital Clínico de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile, Las Condes, Chile (P.A.); the Heart Transplantation Department, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo (F.B.); Sanatorio de la Trinidad Mitre, Buenos Aires (G.B.); the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (J.G.F.C.), National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London (J.G.F.C.), and the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, and National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester (I.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; Cardiology Department, Hôpital Lariboisière and Université de Paris, Paris (A.C.-S.); Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Universidade da Coruña, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, La Coruña, Spain (M.G.C.-L.); Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania (M.D.); Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Clinic, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Colombia (L.E.E.); Heart Institute, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (S.G.); National Cardiovascular Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia (E.G.); Medical University of Sofia, Tzaritza Ioanna University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria (A.G.); the Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (L.K.); Internal Medicine-Cardiology, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru (J.L.-O.); Wayne State University School of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Detroit (P.D.L.); the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences and St. Vincent's University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin (K.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (P.M.); Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (B.M.); the Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel (C.M.), and Novartis Pharma (T.H., T.S., P.S., C.G.), Basel, Switzerland; CINTESIS, Porto University Medical School, São João Medical Center, Porto, Portugal (J.S.-C.); University Hospital Brno and Medical Faculty Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (J.Š.); University Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium (W.V.M.); the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria (D.L.); the Institute of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden (G.W.); Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Izmir, Turkey (M.B.Y.); and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ (N.H., T.H., T.A.H., S.V.S.).