Treatment of heart failure with ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers: What is next? Aldosterone receptor antagonists?

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 193-195

  Van Der Horst, Iwan C C ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLLAGEN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; EPLERENONE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DRUG MECHANISM; GYNECOMASTIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; MASTALGIA; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SPIRONOLACTONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047231744     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-007-0487-y     Document Type: Review

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