Predictors of mortality in adult patients with congestive heart failure receiving nesiritide Retrospective analysis showing a potential adverse interaction between neseritide and acute renal dysfunction
Author(s) -
José Iglesias,
Laura DePalma,
D. Hom,
Marco Antoniotti,
Shymaa E. Ayoub,
Jerrold S. Levine
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfm565
Subject(s) - medicine , nesiritide , heart failure , univariate analysis , creatinine , retrospective cohort study , renal function , digoxin , cardiology , blood urea nitrogen , brain natriuretic peptide , risk factor , multivariate analysis , natriuretic peptide
A recent meta-analysis has suggested that nesiritide (NES), a new agent for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF), is associated with an increased risk of short-term mortality.
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