Do Non-Potassium-Sparing Diuretics Increase the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Hypertensive Patients?
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs
- Vol. 47 (5) , 711-733
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199447050-00002
Abstract
Whether non-potassium-sparing diuretics (NPSD) increase the risk of sudden cardiac death in hypertensive patients has been vigorously debated. Diuretic-induced potassium or magnesium depletion...Keywords
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