Dr. Aaronson answers the question: 'What Is An Aldosterone Antagonist?' — -- Question: What is an aldosterone antagonist, how does it work, and when is it used to treat heart failure? Answer: ...

Dr. Aaronson answers the question: 'Aldosterone Antagonist Side Effects?' — -- Question: What are the benefits and side effects of an aldosterone antagonist? Answer: Thanks to research led by Dr.

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have an important role in diabetic kidney disease and related cardiovascular consequences, according to a speaker at the World Congress on Insulin Resistance, ...

A study published today in JAMA (October 21) by Nancy M. Albert and colleagues, exploring aldosterone antagonist usage among US patients hospitalised with heart failure, found that only one-third of ...

Patients with heart failure could benefit from much earlier use of aldosterone agonists, suggest the results of a major randomised controlled trial. Prescribing eplerenone to patients with mild heart ...

Less than one-third of patients hospitalized for heart failure and participating in a quality improvement registry received a guideline-recommended treatment of heart failure, aldosterone antagonist ...

In certain patients administration of aldosterone antagonists - a class of diuretics may cause high levels of potassium in blood (hyperkalemia), putting them at risk of sudden cardiac death. In ...

DURHAM, N.C. – A large study addressing the effectiveness and safety of aldosterone antagonist therapy for older heart failure patients has found notable differences between the drug's results in ...

An analysis of two heart failure therapies finds differing outcomes regarding improvement in survival. An analysis of two heart failure therapies finds differing outcomes regarding improvement in ...

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