Unresolved Problems in Heart Failure

Supplement Editor:
Gary Francis, MD

Contents

Sodium and water retention in heart failure and diuretic therapy: Basic mechanisms
Domenic A. Sica, MD

Acute decompensated heart failure: The cardiorenal syndrome
Gary Francis, MD

New approaches to detect and manage edema and renal insufficiency in heart failure
W.H. Wilson Tang, MD

Vasopressin receptor antagonists: Mechanisms of action and potential effects in heart failure
Steven R. Goldsmith, MD

The clinical effects of vasopressin receptor antagonists in heart failure
Mihai Gheorghiade, MD

Panel discussion
Domenic A. Sica, MD; Gary Francis, MD; W.H. Wilson Tang, MD; Steven R. Goldsmith, MD; and Mihai Gheorghiade, MD