Skip to main content
NCBI home page
British Heart Journal logoLink to British Heart Journal
. 1994 Aug;72(2 Suppl):S54–S56. doi: 10.1136/hrt.72.2_suppl.s54

Electrophysiological impact of diuretics in heart failure

Liv Storstein 1
PMCID: PMC1025577  PMID: 7946761

Full text

PDF
S54

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Amery A., Birkenhäger W., Brixko P., Bulpitt C., Clement D., Deruyttere M., De Schaepdryver A., Dollery C., Fagard R., Forette F. Mortality and morbidity results from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly trial. Lancet. 1985 Jun 15;1(8442):1349–1354. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(85)91783-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Collins R., Peto R., MacMahon S., Hebert P., Fiebach N. H., Eberlein K. A., Godwin J., Qizilbash N., Taylor J. O., Hennekens C. H. Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 2, Short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context. Lancet. 1990 Apr 7;335(8693):827–838. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90944-z. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Dahlöf B., Lindholm L. H., Hansson L., Scherstén B., Ekbom T., Wester P. O. Morbidity and mortality in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension) Lancet. 1991 Nov 23;338(8778):1281–1285. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)92589-t. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Drayer J. I., Gardin J. M., Weber M. A., Aronow W. S. Changes in ventricular septal thickness during diuretic therapy. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1982 Sep;32(3):283–288. doi: 10.1038/clpt.1982.161. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Ferrara L. A., de Simone G., Mancini M., Fasano M. L., Pasanisi F., Vallone G. Changes in left ventricular mass during a double-blind study with chlorthalidone and slow-release nifedipine. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1984;27(5):525–528. doi: 10.1007/BF00556886. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Ferrara L. A., de Simone G., Pasanisi F., Mancini M., Mancini M. Left ventricular mass reduction during salt depletion in arterial hypertension. Hypertension. 1984 Sep-Oct;6(5):755–759. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.6.5.755. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Freis E. D. The cardiotoxicity of thiazide diuretics: review of the evidence. J Hypertens Suppl. 1990 Jun;8(2):S23–S32. doi: 10.1097/00004872-199006002-00005. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Giles T. D., Sander G. E., Roffidal L. C., Thomas M. G., Given M. B., Quiroz A. C. Comparison of nitrendipine and hydrochlorothiazide for systemic hypertension. Am J Cardiol. 1987 Jul 1;60(1):103–106. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90994-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Hohnloser S. H., Zabel M., Zehender M., Meinertz T., Just H. Comparison of twice daily with thrice daily administered encainide for benign or potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Jan 1;63(1):73–76. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(89)91078-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Holland O. B., Nixon J. V., Kuhnert L. Diuretic-induced ventricular ectopic activity. Am J Med. 1981 Apr;70(4):762–768. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(81)90530-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Hollifield J. W., Slaton P. E. Thiazide diuretics, hypokalemia and cardiac arrhythmias. Acta Med Scand Suppl. 1981;647:67–73. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1981.tb02640.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Hollifield J. W. Thiazide treatment of hypertension. Effects of thiazide diuretics on serum potassium, magnesium, and ventricular ectopy. Am J Med. 1986 Apr 25;80(4A):8–12. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90335-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Langford H. G., Blaufox M. D., Borhani N. O., Curb J. D., Molteni A., Schneider K. A., Pressel S. Is thiazide-produced uric acid elevation harmful? Analysis of data from the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program. Arch Intern Med. 1987 Apr;147(4):645–649. doi: 10.1001/archinte.147.4.645. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Madias J. E., Madias N. E., Gavras H. P. Nonarrhythmogenicity of diuretic-induced hypokalemia. Its evidence in patients with uncomplicated hypertension. Arch Intern Med. 1984 Nov;144(11):2171–2176. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Massie B. M. Effect of diuretic therapy on hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy. Eur Heart J. 1992 Dec;13 (Suppl G):53–60. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/13.suppl_g.53. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Papademetriou V., Burris J. F., Notargiacomo A., Fletcher R. D., Freis E. D. Thiazide therapy is not a cause of arrhythmia in patients with systemic hypertension. Arch Intern Med. 1988 Jun;148(6):1272–1276. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Papademetriou V. Diuretics, hypokalemia, and cardiac arrhythmias: a critical analysis. Am Heart J. 1986 Jun;111(6):1217–1224. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90041-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Papademetriou V., Fletcher R., Khatri I. M., Freis E. D. Diuretic-induced hypokalemia in uncomplicated systemic hypertension: effect of plasma potassium correction on cardiac arrhythmias. Am J Cardiol. 1983 Nov 1;52(8):1017–1022. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(83)90523-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Papademetriou V., Notargiacomo A., Heine D., Fletcher R. D., Freis E. D. Effects of diuretic therapy and exercise-related arrhythmias in systemic hypertension. Am J Cardiol. 1989 Nov 15;64(18):1152–1156. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90869-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Papademetriou V., Price M., Notargiacomo A., Gottdiener J., Fletcher R. D., Freis E. D. Effect of diuretic therapy on ventricular arrhythmias in hypertensive patients with or without left ventricular hypertrophy. Am Heart J. 1985 Sep;110(3):595–599. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(85)90080-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. Poblete P. F., Kyle M. C., Pipberger H. V., Freis E. D. Effect of treatment on morbidity in hypertension. Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Antihypertensive Agents. Effect on the electrocardiogram. Circulation. 1973 Sep;48(3):481–490. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.48.3.481. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  22. Prichard B. N., Owens C. W., Woolf A. S. Adverse reactions to diuretics. Eur Heart J. 1992 Dec;13 (Suppl G):96–103. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/13.suppl_g.96. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  23. Ramsay L. E., Yeo W. W., Jackson P. R. Diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance with diuretics. Eur Heart J. 1992 Dec;13 (Suppl G):68–71. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/13.suppl_g.68. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  24. Reichek N., Franklin B. B., Chandler T., Muhammad A., Plappert T., St John Sutton M. Reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy by antihypertensive therapy. Eur Heart J. 1982 Apr;3 (Suppl A):165–169. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/3.suppl_a.165. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  25. Sami M., Haichin R. Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension with indapamide. Am Heart J. 1991 Oct;122(4 Pt 2):1215–1218. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90942-b. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  26. Singh B. N., Hollenberg N. K., Poole-Wilson P. A., Robertson J. I. Diuretic-induced potassium and magnesium deficiency: relation to drug-induced QT prolongation, cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. J Hypertens. 1992 Apr;10(4):301–316. doi: 10.1097/00004872-199204000-00001. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  27. Stewart D. E., Ikram H., Espiner E. A., Nicholls M. G. Arrhythmogenic potential of diuretic induced hypokalaemia in patients with mild hypertension and ischaemic heart disease. Br Heart J. 1985 Sep;54(3):290–297. doi: 10.1136/hrt.54.3.290. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  28. Taylor S. H., Storstein L. Diuretics in the treatment of heart failure. Herz. 1983 Feb;8(1):11–22. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  29. Van Hoof R. Left ventricular hypertrophy in elderly hypertensive patients: a report from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly trial. Am J Med. 1991 Mar;90(3A):55S–59S. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(91)90438-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  30. Wollam G. L., Hall W. D., Porter V. D., Douglas M. B., Unger D. J., Blumenstein B. A., Cotsonis G. A., Knudtson M. L., Felner J. M., Schlant R. C. Time course of regression of left ventricular hypertrophy in treated hypertensive patients. Am J Med. 1983 Sep 26;75(3A):100–110. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(83)90126-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from British Heart Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES