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To the rescue of the failing heart

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Heart failure is characterized by weakened contractions of heart muscle. A drug that directly activates the key force-generating molecule in this muscle may be a valuable tool to strengthen the failing heart.

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Figure 1: How omecamtiv mecarbil functions.
Figure 2: Treating heart failure.

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  1. Donald M. Bers is in the Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.,

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  2. Samantha P. Harris is in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.,

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