METHOD FOR REDUCING DYSPNEA IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for reducing dyspnea in a patient in need thereof having acute heart failure and a systolic blood pressure of 120 to less than 160 mmHg, the method comprising the intravenous administration to the patient of a pharmaceutical composition comprising clevidipine at a rate between 1 and about 32 mg/h of clevidipine for a duration of 30 minutes to 72 hours at an initial rate of 2 mg/h of clevidipine.