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Clinical efficacy of tolvaptan in acute decompensated heart failure patients with severe aortic stenosis and atrial fibrillation: a sub-analysis from the LOHAS registry.

Tsutomu MurakamiYusuke WatanabeNorihito NakamuraMakoto NatsumedaYohei OhnoGaku NakazawaYuji IkariAkihisa KataokaYosuke NishihataKentaro HayashidaMasanori YamamotoJun TanakaKentaro JujoMasaki IzumoKazuki MizutaniKen Kozuma
Published in: Heart and vessels (2024)
Short-term treatment with tolvaptan improved HF in patients hospitalized for severe AS, regardless of the presence of AF or SR. After achieving sufficient diuresis, a slight decrease in blood pressure was observed in the AF group, suggesting an appropriate timeframe for safe and effective use of tolvaptan.
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