title: Response to letter: Device therapy and aldosterone antagonists in the prognosis of heart failure.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany. Electronic address: michael.behnes@umm.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behnes
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine, General Hospital Nuremberg, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bertsch
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany; Department for Statistical Analysis, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: Institute for Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Wuppertal, Germany.
authors.forename: Parviz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ahmad-Nejad
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fastner
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: El-Battrawy
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Siegfried
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany; Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neumaier
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borggrefe
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D000451:Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000451:Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists