High-Dose Spironolactone When Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Are Resistant to Loop Diuretics: A Pilot Study

Ann Intern Med. 2019 Sep 17;171(6):443-447. doi: 10.7326/M18-3285. Epub 2019 Jul 16.

Authors

Shweta Bansal¹, Kristina Munoz², Sonja Brune³, Steven Bailey³, Anand Prasad³, Chakradhar Velagapudi¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas Health at San Antonio and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas (S.B., C.V.).
² Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Saginaw, Michigan (K.M.).
³ University of Texas Health at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (S.B., S.B., A.P.).

PMID: 31307058
DOI: 10.7326/M18-3285

No abstract available

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Diuretics / administration & dosage*
Drug Resistance
Female
Heart Failure / drug therapy*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Prospective Studies
Spironolactone / administration & dosage*

Substances

Diuretics
Spironolactone