The use of diuretics in heart failure with congestion — a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 137-155

  Mullens, Wilfried ^a,b   Damman, Kevin ^c   Harjola, Veli Pekka ^d   Mebazaa, Alexandre ^e   Brunner La Rocca, Hans Peter ^f   Martens, Pieter ^a,b   Testani, Jeffrey M ^g   Tang, W H Wilson ^h   Orso, Francesco ⁱ   Rossignol, Patrick ^j   Metra, Marco ^k   Filippatos, Gerasimos ^l,m   Seferovic, Petar M ⁿ   Ruschitzka, Frank ^o   Coats, Andrew J ^p  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Diuretics; Heart failure; Loop diuretics; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMILORIDE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CACHEXIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE INTENSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODIFIED ULTRAFILTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VENOUS CONGESTION; CARDIOLOGY; CONSENSUS; EUROPE; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIOLOGY; CONSENSUS; DIURETICS; EUROPE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 85059465096     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1369     Document Type: Article

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