Diuretics and Risk of Arrhythmic Death in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
- 21 September 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 100 (12) , 1311-1315
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.100.12.1311
Abstract
Background—Treatment with diuretics has been reported to increase the risk of arrhythmic death in patients with hypertension. The effect of diuretic therapy on arrhythmic death in patients with lef...Keywords
This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
- Clinical relevance and management of the major electrolyte abnormalities in congestive heart failure: Hyponatremia, hypokalemia, and hypomagnesemiaAmerican Heart Journal, 1994
- Diuretic Therapy, Hypertension, and Cardiac ArrestNew England Journal of Medicine, 1994
- Diuretic Therapy for Hypertension and the Risk of Primary Cardiac ArrestNew England Journal of Medicine, 1994
- The Fifth Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC V)Archives of internal medicine (1960), 1993
- Medical Research Council trial of treatment of hypertension in older adults: principal results. MRC Working Party.BMJ, 1992
- Morbidity and mortality in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension)The Lancet, 1991
- Effect of Enalapril on Survival in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions and Congestive Heart FailureNew England Journal of Medicine, 1991
- Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD)—Rationale, design and methods: Two trials that evaluate the effect of enalapril in patients with reduced ejection fractionThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1990
- Baseline rest electrocardiographic abnormalities, antihypertensive treatment, and mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention TrialThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1985
- Multiple Risk Factor Intervention TrialJAMA, 1982