Decision Resources, Inc. Release: For the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure, the Highest Proportion of Surveyed Cardiologists Identify Furosemide as the Most Efficacious Agent, When Compared to Other Available Therapies

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the highest proportion of surveyed cardiologists (52 percent) identify furosemide (Sanofi-Aventis’s Lasix, generics) as the most efficacious agent for the treatment of acute heart failure when compared to other available therapies. Furosemide, the patient-share leader in the indication, was also chosen by 35 percent of surveyed managed care organizations' (MCO) pharmacy directors as the most efficacious acute heart failure therapy.