Does chronic diuretic use increase long-term mortality and hospitalizations in ambulatory chronic systolic and diastolic HF patients?
Chronic diuretic use in asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic heart failure patients without fluid retention may be associated with increased mortality and hospitalizations, challenging the routine use of these agents.
Chronic diuretic use was associated with increased long-term mortality and hospitalizations in a wide spectrum of ambulatory chronic systolic and diastolic HF patients. The findings of the current study challenge the wisdom of routine chronic use of diuretics in HF patients who are asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic without fluid retention, and are on complete neurohormonal blockade. These findings, based on a non-randomized design, need to be further studied in randomized trials.
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