Effect of Diuretic Therapy on Ventricular Arrhythmias in Hypertensive Patients with or without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Effect of Diuretic Therapy on Ventricular Arrhythmias in Hypertensive Patients with or without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Contributor(s):
Price, Michael
The American Heart Journal
Notargiacomo, Aldo V.
Fletcher, Ross
Papademetriou, Vasilios
Freis, Edward D.
Gottdiener, John
Publication:
C.V. Mosby Company, September 1985
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hypertension
Antihypertensive Agents
Diuretics
Thiazides
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, some researchers began to question the use of certain diuretics as antihypertensive agents, reasoning that they could cause hypokalemia and therefore increasing the likelihood of cardiac arrhythmias. For this study, Freis's team focused on hypertensive patients with evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy to determine if they had an increased risk of sudden death when treated with diuretics. They found that therapy with the thiazide diuretic did not increase the ventricular arrhythmias in these patients.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
5 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584929X66 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
XFBBFF
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X66
Archival Collection:
The Edward D. Freis Papers (Profiles in Science)