Tailoring mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy in heart failure patients: are we moving towards a personalized approach?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 974-986

  Ferreira, João Pedro ^a,b   Mentz, Robert J ^c   Pizard, Anne ^a   Pitt, Bertram ^d   Zannad, Faiez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists; Personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; EPLERENONE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; PROCOLLAGEN N PROTEINASE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; PROCEDURES;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; PRECISION MEDICINE;

EID: 85017459818     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.814     Document Type: Review

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