USE OF S1P RECEPTOR AGONIST IN HEART DISEASE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new use for a sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor agonist in the treatment of chronic heart failure, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia or tachyarrhythmia.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a new use for a S1P receptor agonist, 2-amino-2-[2-(4-octylphenyl)ethyl]propane-1,3-diol in free form or in a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form, or FTY720-phosphate.