Are diuretics overused in the treatment of chronic heart failure?
Amalia Vaz Pérez, Stefan D Anker, Rainer Dietz and Mathias Rauchhaus*
Correspondence *Competence Network Heart Failure, Department of Cardiology, Charité Medical School Campus, Virchow–Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, D–13353 Berlin, Germany
Email mathias.rauchhaus@charite.de
Diuretics are used for symptomatic treatment of chronic heart failure; however, no randomized trials have yet assessed the long-term effects of these agents on morbidity and mortality. In this article, Vaz Pérez and colleagues question the assumption that long-term diuretic therapy is beneficial and opine that the currently available data do not support the routine use of diuretics as a cornerstone of long-term medical treatment for patients with chronic heart failure.
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