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Combination diuretic therapies in heart failure: Insights from GUIDE-IT

American Heart Journal Plus
Introduction: Diuretics are the mainstay of maintaining and restoring euvolemia in the management of heart failure. Loop diuretics are often preferred, however, combination diuretic therapy (CDT) with a thiazide diuretic is often used to overcome ...
Jeffery Budweg, Mustafa M. Ahmed, Juan R. Vilaro, Mohammad A. Al-Ani, Juan M. Aranda, Jr, Yi Guo, Ang Li, Sandip Patel, Alex M. Parker   +8 more
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FDG PET/CT imaging and circulating biomarkers of inflammation in desmoplakin cardiomyopathy

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1485-1489, April 2025.
Abstract Aims Inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of desmoplakin (DSP) cardiomyopathy, and retrospective studies have described abnormal myocardial fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) findings in symptomatic patients eventually diagnosed with DSP cardiomyopathy.
Sanjay Divakaran, Vinay Randhawa, Usman A. Tahir, Matthew Robertson, Anam A. Waheed, Anna Perillo, Leanne Barrett, Ron Blankstein, Mark W. Feinberg, Marcelo F. Di Carli, Neal K. Lakdawala   +10 more
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Assessment and Management of Hypertension among Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis [PDF]

, 2019
Approximately 7%-10% of patients with ESKD worldwide undergo peritoneal dialysis (PD) as kidney replacement therapy. The continuous nature of this dialytic modality and the absence of acute shifts in pressure and volume parameters is an important ...
Agarwal, Rajiv, Georgianos, Panagiotis I., Liakopoulos, Vassilios, Vaios, Vasilios   +3 more
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Cilostazol in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction—The CLIP‐HFpEF trial

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1437-1446, April 2025.
• Cilostazol is an oral PDE‐3 inhibitor that may have advantageous effects in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). • Cilostazol significantly improved short‐term heart failure‐related health status scores (KCCQ‐12) and NT‐proBNP levels when compared to placebo.
Norman Aiad, Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz, Michael J. Zhang, Thanat Chaikijurajai, Bo Ye, Prabhjot S. Nijjar, Julie A. Lahiri, Cindy M. Martin, Tamas Alexy, Markus Meyer   +9 more
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Association between diuretic use and the risk of vertebral fracture after stroke: a population-based retrospective cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Stroke is a major risk factor for osteoporosis and fractures. No study has evaluated the association between diuretic use and risk of vertebral fracture in stroke patients, although a considerable proportion of stroke patients are prescribed ...
Shu-Man Lin, Shih-Hsien Yang, Chih-Yung Wang, Huei-Kai Huang   +3 more
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Personalized medicine—a modern approach for the diagnosis and management of hypertension [PDF]

, 2017
The main goal of treating hypertension is to reduce blood pressure to physiological levels and thereby prevent risk of cardiovascular disease and hypertension-associated target organ damage.
Borghi, Claudio, Grassi, Guido, Rosei, Enrico Agabiti, Savoia, Carmine, Touyz, Rhian M., Volpe, Massimo   +5 more
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Sudden cardiac death in patients with ischemic heart failure undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting results from the STICH randomized clinical trial (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) [PDF]

, 2017
Background—The risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with heart failure following CABG has not been examined in a contemporary clinical trial of surgical revascularization. This analysis describes the incidence, timing and clinical predictors of
Al-Khatib, Sana M., Carson, Peter E., Cleland, John G.F., Desvigne-Nickens, Patrice M., Feldman, Arthur M., Lang, Irene M., Lee, Kerry L., Nicolau, Jose C., Pokorney, Sean, Rao, Meena P., Romanov, Alexander, Rouleau, Jean L., Selzman, Craig H., She, Lilin, Siepe, Matthias, Stepinska, Janina, Sueta, Carla, Tungsubutra, Wiwun, Velazquez, Eric J., Yii, Michael   +19 more
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Insulin Resistance: An Update on Biochemical and Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Impact on Various Diseases

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insulin resistance is the biological phenomenon in which the human body's normal response to the metabolic hormone insulin is compromised. Insulin is a regulator of most of the essential metabolic steps in the body that control energy homoeostasis, so dysregulation leads to multiple diverse human diseases including, most prominently, Type 2 ...
Peter J. Little, Stefan Offermanns, Haaglim Cho, Zhiping Liu, Pinglian Yang, Qiaozhu Su, Henry Wade, Wah Yang, Danielle Kamato, Neale Cohen, Alex Bobik, Iqra Ilyas, Suowen Xu   +12 more
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Phenotype and outcomes according to loop diuretic use in pulmonary arterial hypertension

ESC Heart Failure
Aims The use of loop diuretics in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is less frequent compared with heart failure. The clinical and prognostic characteristics of PAH patients according to loop diuretic use remain unexplored.
Giulio Savonitto, Davide Barbisan, Pietro Ameri, Carlo Maria Lombardi, Simonetta Monti, Mauro Driussi, Piero Gentile, Luke Howard, Matteo Toma, Matteo Pagnesi, Valentino Collini, Carolina Bauleo, Marianna Adamo, Luciana D'Angelo, Chiara Nalli, Alberto Giannoni, Veronica Vecchiato, Emma Di Poi, Edoardo Airo, Marco Metra, Andrea Garascia, Gianfranco Sinagra, Francesco Lo Giudice, Davide Stolfo   +23 more
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On‐site pilot‐scale advanced oxidation pretreatment of hospital wastewater: assessment of pharmaceuticals, pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes and acute ecotoxicity

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Hospital premises generate wastewater containing a wide spectrum of contaminants, such as pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and pathogenic microorganisms, whilst plenty of them are classified under the antibiotic resistant bacteria (ΑRΒ) category.
Andreas Kaliakatsos, Iosifina Gounaki, Spyros Dokianakis, Georgios Gkotsis, Maria‐Christina Nika, Eleni Aleiferi, Athanasios S Stasinakis, Nikos Katsarakis, Nikolaos S Thomaidis, Thrassyvoulos Manios, Michalis S Fountoulakis, Danae Venieri   +11 more
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