Starting dapagliflozin (Farxiga) early during acute heart failure hospitalization didn't boost decongestion, although it appeared to spare loop diuretic doses and increase diuresis compared with ...

Despite dapagliflozin not improving diuretic efficiency in the setting of acute HF hospitalization, it was associated with fewer diuretic doses to achieve the same weight change as usual care and ...

Loop diuretics are an essential component of therapy for patients with acute decompensated heart failure, but there are few prospective data to guide their use. In a prospective, double-blind, rand ...

The findings of DICTATE-AHF have several implications for cardiologists treating patients with type 2 diabetes, said Zachary Cox, PharmD, professor at Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy.

This was structured standard of care, so we standardized the IV loop diuretic regimen that patients received so both treatment arms were titrated to a goal urine output of 3 to 5 liters per day ...