METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE THERAPY OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY BY MEANS OF IN VITRO DETERMINATION OF THRESHOLD VALUES OF VASOACTIVE PEPTIDES

摘要

Disclosed is a method for controlling the therapeutic treatment of a patient suffering from cardiac insufficiency. In said method, it is determined how the concentration of at least one of the vasoactive peptides adrenomedullin (ADM), endothelin-1 (ET-1), and/or vasopressin (AVP) changes in the patient's blood after beginning the therapy, and the therapeutic measures are considered to be unsatisfactory and are modified in case said concentration does not decrease at all or not enough in relation to a threshold value for the respective vasoactive peptide.