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ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature2015

The independent association between altered renal arterial resistance and loop diuretic dose in chronic heart failure outpatients.

Massimo Iacoviello, Annalisa Doronzo, Valeria Paradies, Valeria Antoncecchi, Francesco Monitillo, Gaetano Citarelli, Marta Leone, Agata Puzzovivo, Loreto Gesualdo, Marco Matteo Ciccone

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Article in International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Massimo IacovielloCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Annalisa DoronzoCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Valeria ParadiesCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Valeria AntoncecchiCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Francesco MonitilloCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Gaetano CitarelliCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Marta LeoneCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Agata PuzzovivoCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Loreto GesualdoNephrology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Marco Matteo CicconeCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn chronic heart failure (CHF) patients there is a wide variability in the minimal effective diuretic dose. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether renal resistance index (RRI) is associated to baseline diuretic dose and the changes at one year. METHODS AND

results250 outpatients in a stable condition and in conventional therapy were enrolled. Baseline RRI was calculated by renal arterial Doppler. The total daily dose of loop diuretics was assessed at baseline and after one year. High diuretic dose (HDD) was defined as a daily furosemide equivalent dose > 100 mg. RRI was independently associated with baseline HDD at univariate (OR 1.39; 95% CI: 1.233-1.58; p < 0.001) and multivariate analysis (OR 1.27; 95% CI: 1.09-1.49; p: 0.002) after correction for other univariate predictors (age, NYHA class, left ventricular ejection fraction, tricuspid annulus peak of systolic excursion, NT-proBNP, glomerular filtration rate by EPI formula and central venous pressure). Moreover, baseline RRI was independently associated to one year stable increase in loop diuretic dose at univariate and multivariate regression analyses.

conclusionsRRI is independently associated with high dose loop diuretics and their increase during a mid-term follow-up thus suggesting its usefulness in detecting an altered diuretic response in CHF outpatients.

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Chronic heart failureDiureticRenal functionRenal resistance indexTherapy

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