Current Approach to Decongestive Therapy in Acute Heart Failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 367-378

  Martens, Pieter ^a,b   Nijst, Petra ^a,b   Mullens, Wilfried ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac filling; Combinational therapy; Congestion; Decongestive therapy; Heart failure; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ARGIPRESSIN; BUMETANIDE; CONIVAPTAN; ENDOTHELIN 1; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NESIRITIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ROLOFYLLINE; SERELAXIN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; TEZOSENTAN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TOLVAPTAN; TORASEMIDE; URODILATIN; DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECONGESTIVE THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NATRIURESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; ACUTE DISEASE; HEART FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIURETICS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84946496533     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-015-0273-5     Document Type: Review

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