Lowering furosemide dose in stable chronic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction is not accompanied by decompensation: a randomized study

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):690-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.156. Epub 2014 Oct 8.

Affiliations

¹ 3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece.
² 3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, 67 Mikras Asias Street, 11 527 Athens, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25304067
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.156

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic heart failure; Diuretics; Mortality; Prognosis; Risk factor.

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Diuretics / administration & dosage*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Furosemide / administration & dosage*
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / drug therapy*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Stroke Volume / drug effects*
Stroke Volume / physiology

Substances

Diuretics
Furosemide