Hyperkalemia as a limiting factor of Neurohormonal Blockade/Modulation in everyday clinical practice

Aims Neurohormonal (NH) blockade/modulation is the core of Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) therapy. While improving long-term prognosis, it also induces hyperkalemia, which may increase mortality in the short-term. Thus, hyperkalemia frequently leads to withholding or reducing N...

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Main Author: Henrique Taveira Couto Guedes Vasconcelos (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/128673
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/128673