Spironolactone inhibits the transcardiac extraction of aldosterone in patients with congestive heart failure

OBJECTIVES The study evaluated the transcardiac extraction or spillover of aldosterone (ALDO) in normal subjects and in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND Aldosterone promotes collagen synthesis and structural remodeling of target organs such as the heart. Spironolactone, an AL...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000-09, Vol.36 (3), p.838-844
Hauptverfasser: Tsutamoto, Takayoshi, Wada, Atsuyuki, Maeda, Keiko, Mabuchi, Naoko, Hayashi, Masaru, Tsutsui, Takashi, Ohnishi, Masato, Sawaki, Masahide, Fujii, Masanori, Matsumoto, Takehiro, Horie, Hajime, Sugimoto, Yoshihisa, Kinoshita, Masahiko
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