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Tolvaptan: the evidence for its therapeutic value in acute heart failure syndrome

INTRODUCTION: Acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS) is one of the leading causes of hospital admission in the US. Tolvaptan is a vasopressin V(2) receptor antagonist that blocks the effect of arginine vasopressin (AVP) in reabsorbing water from the collecting ducts of the nephrons in congestive heart...

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Autores principales: Aghel, Arash, Wilson Tang, W. H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2899804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20694082
http://dx.doi.org/10.3355/ce.2008.010