Differential mortality association of loop diuretic dosage according to blood urea nitrogen and carbohydrate antigen 125 following a hospitalization for acute heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 974-984

  Núñez, Julio ^a   Núñez, Eduardo ^a   Miñana, Gema ^b   Bodí, Vicent ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Bertomeu González, Vicente ^d   Palau, Patricia ^a   Merlos, Pilar ^a   Ventura, Silvia ^a   Chorro, Francisco J ^a   Llàcer, Pau ^a   Sanchis, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Blood urea nitrogen; Carbohydrate antigen 125; Loop diuretics; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; TORASEMIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CA-125 ANTIGEN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUROSEMIDE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS;

EID: 84865466233     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs090     Document Type: Article

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