Marvin A Konstam, Michael Kiernan, Arthur Chandler, Ravi Dhingra, Freny Vaghaiwalla Mody, Howard Eisen, W Herbert Haught, Lynne Wagoner, Divya Gupta, Richard Patten, Paul Gordon, Kenneth Korr, Russell Fileccia, Susan J Pressler, Douglas Gregory, Patricia Wedge, Douglas Dowling, Matthew Romeling, Jeremy M Konstam, Joseph M Massaro, James E Udelson
BACKGROUND: In patients with acute heart failure (AHF), dyspnea relief is the most immediate goal. Renal dysfunction, diuretic resistance, and hyponatremia represent treatment impediments. OBJECTIVES: It was hypothesized that the addition of tolvaptan to a background diuretic improved dyspnea early in patients selected for an enhanced vasopressin antagonism response. METHODS: In a double-blind trial, patients were randomized to tolvaptan 30 mg/day or placebo...
March 21, 2017: Journal of the American College of Cardiology