Addition of a thiazide: An effective remedy for furosemide resistance after cardiac operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 993-997

  Vánky, Farkas ^a   Broquist, Mats ^a   Svedjeholm, Rolf ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AMILORIDE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CREATININE; DIURETICS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0342894778     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)01217-9     Document Type: Article

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