The aim of this ESC Guideline is to help health professionals manage people with heart
failure (HF) according to the best available evidence. Fortunately, we now have a wealth of …

Purpose To review the mechanisms of action, expected efficacy and side effects of strategies
to control hyperkalemia in acutely ill patients. Methods We searched MEDLINE and …

Abstract Document Reviewers: Rudolf A. de Boer (CPG Review Coordinator)(Netherlands),
P. Christian Schulze (CPG Review Coordinator)(Germany), Magdy Abdelhamid (Egypt) …

Background: The relationship between serum potassium, mortality, and conditions
commonly associated with dyskalemias, such as heart failure (HF), chronic kidney disease …

Background Mineralocorticoid antagonists improve survival among patients with chronic,
severe systolic heart failure and heart failure after myocardial infarction. We evaluated the …

Importance Clinical evidence supports the beneficial effects of lowering blood pressure (BP)
levels in community-living, robust, hypertensive individuals older than 80 years. However …

Background Extracorporeal life-support as an adjunct to cardiac resuscitation has shown
encouraging outcomes in patients with cardiac arrest. However, there is little evidence about …

BACKGROUND: Electrolyte disorders have been studied mainly in hospitalized patients,
whereas data in the general population are limited. The aim of this study was to determine …

Aims To evaluate efficacy and safety of RLY5016 (a non-absorbed, orally administered,
potassium [K+]-binding polymer) on serum K+ levels in patients with chronic heart failure …

Aims Medication prescribed to patients suffering from chronic heart failure carries an
increased risk of impaired potassium homeostasis. We examined the relation between …