Prevention of heart failure mortality and hospitalizations in SPRINT, EMPA-REG, ALLHAT and HYVET: are diuretics the clue?

Blood Press. 2017 Aug;26(4):193-194. doi: 10.1080/08037051.2017.1332478.

Authors

Michel Burnier¹, Krzysztof Narkiewicz², Sverre E Kjeldsen³

Affiliations

¹ a Service of Nephrology and Hypertension , Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois , Lausanne , Switzerland.
² b Department of Hypertension and Diabetology , Medical University of Gdansk , Gdansk , Poland.
³ c Department of Cardiology , University of Oslo, Ullevaal Hospital , Oslo , Norway.

PMID: 28566004
DOI: 10.1080/08037051.2017.1332478

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Diuretics / therapeutic use*
Heart Failure / drug therapy*
Heart Failure / mortality
Heart Failure / prevention & control*
Humans

Substances

Diuretics