Early treatment with tolvaptan improves diuretic response in acute heart failure with renal dysfunction

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Background: Poor response to diuretics is associated with worse prognosis in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). We hypothesized that treatment with tolvaptan improves diuretic response in patients with AHF. Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of the AQUAMARINE open-label randomized study in which a total of 217 AHF patients with renal impairment (eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2) were randomized to either tolvaptan or conventional treatment. We evaluated diuretic response to 40 mg furosemide or its equivalent based on two different parameters: change in body weight and net fluid loss within 48 h. Results: The mean time from patient presentation to randomization was 2.9 h. Patients with a better diuretic response showed greater relief of dyspnea and less worsening of renal function. Tolvaptan patients showed a significantly better diuretic response measured by diuretic response based both body weight [−1.16 (IQR −3.00 to −0.57) kg/40 mg vs. −0.51 (IQR −1.13 to −0.20) kg/40 mg; P < 0.001] and net fluid loss [2125.0 (IQR 1370.0–3856.3) mL/40 mg vs. 1296.3 (IQR 725.2–1726.5) mL/40 mg; P < 0.001]. Higher diastolic blood pressure and use of tolvaptan were independent predictors of a better diuretic response. Conclusions: Better diuretic response was associated with greater dyspnea relief and less WRF. Early treatment with tolvaptan significantly improved diuretic response in AHF patients with renal dysfunction.

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Matsue, Y., ter Maaten, J. M., Suzuki, M., Torii, S., Yamaguchi, S., Fukamizu, S., … Goldsmith, S. R. (2017). Early treatment with tolvaptan improves diuretic response in acute heart failure with renal dysfunction. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 106(10), 802–812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1122-1

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