Racial Differences in Diuretic Efficiency, Plasma Renin, and Rehospitalization in Subjects With Acute Heart Failure
Morris AA, Nayak A, Ko YA, D’Souza M, Felker GM, Redfield MM, Tang WHW, Testani JM, Butler J. Racial Differences in Diuretic Efficiency, Plasma Renin, and Rehospitalization in Subjects With Acute Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure 2020, 13: e006827. PMID: 32635768, PMCID: PMC7474850, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.119.006827.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma renin activityAcute heart failureLevels of PRADiuretic efficiencyHeart failureBlack patientsNonblack patientsAcute heart failure clinical trialsRacial differencesBaseline plasma renin activityHeart failure clinical trialsHigher diuretic efficiencyMeasures of decongestionRisk of rehospitalizationNonischemic heart failureNet fluid balanceSubset of subjectsGreater fluid lossRace/ethnic groupsCARRESS-HFDOSE-AHFFurosemide equivalentsROSE-AHFAldosterone systemNT-proBNP