Eplerenone in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Mild Symptoms
Author(s) -
Jennifer K. Rogers,
John J.V. McMurray,
Stuart J. Pocock,
Faı̈ez Zannad,
Henry Krum,
Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,
Karl Swedberg,
Harry Shi,
John Vincent,
Bertram Pitt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.110536
Subject(s) - eplerenone , medicine , heart failure , cardiology , interquartile range , placebo , confidence interval , spironolactone , alternative medicine , pathology
Eplerenone is known to reduce time to first hospitalization for heart failure or cardiovascular death in patients with heart failure and mild symptoms. In chronic diseases such as heart failure, characterized by repeat hospitalizations, analyzing all heart failure hospitalizations, not just the first, should give a more complete picture of treatment benefits.
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