Comparison of ultrafiltration, nesiritide, and usual care in acute decompensated heart failure

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 298-301

  Bartone, Cheryl ^b   Saghir, Syed ^a   Menon, Santosh G ^b   Brosmer, Jayna ^b   Kereiakes, Dean J ^b   Mazur, Wojciech ^b   Chung, Eugene S ^a  

^a The Carl & Edyth Lindner Center for Research & Education   (United States)

^b CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NESIRITIDE; NITROGEN; SPIRONOLACTONE; UREA;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAFILTRATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NATRIURETIC AGENTS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 57849116413     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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