PioneerHF

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Active controlled 8 week study to evaluate Entresto vs enalapril...

PioneerHF:  A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, double dummy, parallel group,  active controlled 8 week study to evaluate Entresto vs enalapril on changes in NT-pro-BNP and safety and tolerability  of in-hospital initiation of Entresto compared to enalapril in HFrEF patients who have been stabilized following hospitalization for ADHF.  Done only at SMC

• Need diagnosis of acute heart failure and has to have symptoms and signs of fluid overload.
• Need to have LVEF ≤ 40% within the past 6 months.
• Need to have elevated BNP ≥ 400 during current hospitalization
• No history of hypersensitivity, intolerance, contraindications or angioedema with previous ACE inhibitor or ARB therapy.
• No ACS, stroke, TIA, major CV surgery, or PCI within one  month

Questions: Call Mary Soltau 303-703-2191 or Rebecca Wimmer 303-715-2275

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Randy Cupps Graduated from Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado, in 1983 with a degree in Physical Education with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology. Randy started his medical career in 1980 as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) working on an ambulance and in an emergency room. He then joined South Denver Cardiology in 1986 when it was South Denver Cardiac Rehabilitation as an Exercise Physiologist conducting a wide variety of Graded Exercise Testing on a diverse patient population. Randy continues to keep his EMT current, and he is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist. In 2012 Randy acquired the role of business development, marketing, and physician relations manager at SDCA.

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