A reappraisal of loop diuretic choice in heart failure patients
Buggey J, Mentz RJ, Pitt B, Eisenstein EL, Anstrom KJ, Velazquez EJ, O'Connor CM. A reappraisal of loop diuretic choice in heart failure patients. American Heart Journal 2015, 169: 323-333. PMID: 25728721, PMCID: PMC4346710, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsHeart failureFailure patientsLoop diureticsNew York Heart Association functional classPlasma brain natriuretic peptide levelsYork Heart Association functional classBrain natriuretic peptide levelsHeart failure severityNatriuretic peptide levelsTranscardiac extractionAldosterone secretionAldosterone systemDiuretic useVentricular functionFurosemide useSymptom managementPharmacologic differencesCardiac fibrosisSurrogate markerMEDLINE searchPeptide levelsControl trialEconomic burdenFurosemide