Eplerenone: another drug to add to the mix?

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Bradley A Bart et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013.

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. 2013 Oct 22;62(17):1594-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.06.008. Epub 2013 Jun 27.

¹ Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Electronic address: bartx006@umn.edu.

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Keywords: chronic kidney disease; diabetes; elderly; eplerenone; safety.

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Safety and efficacy of eplerenone in patients at high risk for hyperkalemia and/or worsening renal function: analyses of the EMPHASIS-HF study subgroups (Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization And SurvIval Study in Heart Failure).
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