Rational use of diuretics in acute decompensated heart failure

Chronic heart failure poses an enormous health care burden to the United States and other developed countries. Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) accounts for nearly half of the morbidity and expense of treating this disease. Most patients presenting with ADHF have symptomatic vascular congest...

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Published in:	Current heart failure reports Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 153 - 162
Main Authors:	Goebel, Jason A., Van Bakel, Adrian B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Current Science Inc 01-09-2008
Subjects:	Acute Disease Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Diuretics - administration & dosage Diuretics - pharmacology Diuretics - therapeutic use Drug Resistance Drug Therapy, Combination Furosemide - administration & dosage Heart Failure - drug therapy Humans Imaging Internal Medicine Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists - therapeutic use Natriuresis - drug effects Natriuretic Agents - therapeutic use Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - therapeutic use Nitrates - therapeutic use Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists Radiology Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors - therapeutic use Syndrome Ultrafiltration Vascular Surgery Vasoconstriction - drug effects Diuretic Therapy Thiazide Bumetanide Furosemide Loop Diuretic
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