Congestive heart failure is very widespread. More than 50% of 3-4 million patients with congestive heart failure die in one year within the USA [3, 22]. ... Acute and chronic congestive heart failure, refractoriness to therapy with cardiac glycosides, diuretics, and vasodilators, remains one of the major causes of death in patients with heart diseases [15, 18, 26]. ... Since reduced myocardial contractility is an important pathophysiologic factor in cardiac failure and ...