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. 2018 Aug 28;138(9):951-953.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035260.

Splanchnic Nerve Block for Acute Heart Failure

Marat Fudim  1 , W Schuyler Jones  1 , Richard L Boortz-Marx  2 , Arun Ganesh  2 , Cynthia L Green  3 , Adrian F Hernandez  1 , Manesh R Patel  1
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Splanchnic Nerve Block for Acute Heart Failure

Marat Fudim et al. Circulation. .
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Keywords: acute heart failure; congestion; splanchnic nerve block.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Other authors have nothing to disclose.

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Splanchnic nerve block in heart failure: A. Concept for fluid redistribution in heart failure; B. Splanchnic nerve block procedure; C. Effects of the splanchnic nerve block on hemodynamics. * indicates a P<0.05 for a pairwise comparison with the baseline value; D. Effect of the splanchnic nerve block on laboratory and functional outcomes. For Likert Scale, p<0.05 for Minute 90 and 24 hours. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval, PRO BNP=NT-pro brain natriuretic peptide
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