Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist pattern of use in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: findings from BIOSTAT-CHF

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1284-1293

  Ferreira, João Pedro ^a,b   Rossignol, Patrick ^a   Machu, Jean Loup ^a   Sharma, Abhinav ^c,d   Girerd, Nicolas ^a   Anker, Stefan D ^e   Cleland, John G ^f   Dickstein, Kenneth ^g,h   Filippatos, Gerasimos ⁱ   Hillege, Hans L ^j   Lang, Chim C ^k   ter Maaten, Jozine M ^j,l   Metra, Marco ^m   Ng, Leong ⁿ   Ponikowski, Piotr ^o   Samani, Nilesh J ⁿ   van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^j   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^p   Voors, Adriaan ^j   Zannad, Faiez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^l YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^o WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^p ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Adherence; Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists; Observational; Prescription; Real life

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EUROPE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85020174728     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.900     Document Type: Article

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