Treatment of congestion in congestive heart failure: ultrafiltration is the only rational initial treatment of volume overload in decompensated heart failure.
Bart
Bradley A
BA
Division of Cardiology, Hennepin County Medical Center, and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn, USA. bartx006@umn.edu
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014462:Ultrafiltration
D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors; D012964:Sodium