Does spironolactone reduce adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with HFpEF and CKD?
Low-dose spironolactone (≤ 40 mg) may be the optimal initial dose for balancing efficacy and safety in patients with HFpEF and CKD.
HFpEF with CKD patients using spironolactone had lower risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. And the use of low-dose spironolactone (≤ 40 mg) showed the best efficacy and safety, therefore we may recommend ≤ 40 mg as the optimal initial dose for these patients. However, this was a relatively small sample size, retrospective study, and further adequately powered randomized trials are needed to verify these results.
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