Dominance of furosemide for loop diuretic therapy in heart failure: time to revisit the alternatives?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Apr 9;61(14):1549-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.043.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Factual
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Furosemide / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy*
  • Heart Failure / mortality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Sulfonamides / therapeutic use*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Torsemide
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
  • Sulfonamides
  • Furosemide
  • Torsemide