2021
Natriuretic Equation to Predict Loop Diuretic Response in Patients With Heart Failure
Rao VS, Ivey-Miranda JB, Cox ZL, Riello R, Griffin M, Fleming J, Soucier R, Sangkachand P, O'Brien M, LoRusso F, D'Ambrosi J, Churchwell K, Mahoney D, Bellumkonda L, Asher JL, Maulion C, Turner JM, Wilson FP, Collins SP, Testani JM. Natriuretic Equation to Predict Loop Diuretic Response in Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 77: 695-708. PMID: 33573739, PMCID: PMC8114781, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLoop diuretic administrationDiuretic therapyNatriuretic responseDiuretic administrationSodium outputAcute decompensated heart failureDecompensated heart failureHeart failure admissionsDaily urine outputSpot urine samplesNet fluid outputNet fluid lossPathway cohortHeart failureLoop diureticsUrine outputDiuretic responseResidual congestionFluid outputTherapyCohortWeight lossAdditional studiesUrine samplesExcellent discrimination
2020
Mechanisms of Diuretic Resistance Study: design and rationale
Cox ZL, Fleming J, Ivey‐Miranda J, Griffin M, Mahoney D, Jackson K, Hodson DZ, Thomas D, Gomez N, Rao VS, Testani JM. Mechanisms of Diuretic Resistance Study: design and rationale. ESC Heart Failure 2020, 7: 4458-4464. PMID: 32893505, PMCID: PMC7754741, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute decompensated heart failureDiuretic resistanceDiuretic responseUrine collectionCombination diuretic therapyLoop diuretic administrationLoop diuretic doseLoop diuretic resistanceDecompensated heart failureProspective patient cohortPhysical exam findingsSpot urine collectionADHF hospitalizationsDiuretic doseDiuretic therapyHF outcomesBaseline bloodCommon complicationPatient characteristicsProspective cohortHeart failureLoop diureticsDiuretic administrationUrine biomarkersExam findings
2017
Compensatory Distal Reabsorption Drives Diuretic Resistance in Human Heart Failure
Rao VS, Planavsky N, Hanberg JS, Ahmad T, Brisco-Bacik MA, Wilson FP, Jacoby D, Chen M, Tang WHW, Cherney DZI, Ellison DH, Testani JM. Compensatory Distal Reabsorption Drives Diuretic Resistance in Human Heart Failure. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2017, 28: 3414-3424. PMID: 28739647, PMCID: PMC5661276, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016111178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiuretic resistanceHeart failureLoop diureticsSodium reabsorptionHigh-dose loop diureticsDistal tubular sodium reabsorptionSodium exitLoop diuretic administrationTubular sodium reabsorptionHuman heart failureFurosemide equivalentsDistal reabsorptionConsecutive patientsFractional excretionSodium handlingDiuretic administrationProximal tubularControl cohortCare centerTreatment strategiesAnimal modelsDiureticsNet sodiumFENaTubular location
2016
Rapid and Highly Accurate Prediction of Poor Loop Diuretic Natriuretic Response in Patients With Heart Failure
Testani JM, Hanberg JS, Cheng S, Rao V, Onyebeke C, Laur O, Kula A, Chen M, Wilson FP, Darlington A, Bellumkonda L, Jacoby D, Tang WH, Parikh CR. Rapid and Highly Accurate Prediction of Poor Loop Diuretic Natriuretic Response in Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure 2016, 9: e002370. PMID: 26721915, PMCID: PMC4741370, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.115.002370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdministration, IntravenousAgedBiomarkersBumetanideDrug MonitoringDrug ResistanceFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedModels, BiologicalNatriuresisPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsSodiumSodium Potassium Chloride Symporter InhibitorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUrinalysisConceptsAcute decompensated heart failureDecompensated heart failureNatriuretic responseSpot urine samplesSodium outputHeart failureDiuretic administrationAcute decompensated heart failure patientsDecompensated heart failure patientsLoop diuretic administrationPrimary therapeutic objectiveUrine samplesHeart failure patientsPositive sodium balanceNet fluid outputDiuretic dosingIntravenous bumetanideMedian doseFailure patientsDiuretic responseSodium balanceUrine collectionFluid balanceTherapeutic objectivesFluid output