A new study examined a very common clinical question of which loop diuretic or water pill is better in patients living with heart failure - torsemide or furosemide? Prior studies suggested that torsemide might be better than furosemide but they had never been compared head-to-head in a large clinical trial. The TRANSFORM-HF trial compared these 2 therapies against each other. 

In this interview, Robert J. Mentz MD and Laxmi Mehta MD, FACC discuss the primary findings of AHA Late-Breaker: TRANSFORM-HF – Comparative Effectiveness of Torsemide versus Furosemide in Heart Failure. 

Related References:

primary publication pending - will update as available 

design paper:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33714745/

key background papers:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25728721/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34936522/

Clinical Topics: Cardiovascular Care Team, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Statins, Acute Heart Failure

Keywords: ACCELLite, Heart Failure, Torsemide, Furosemide

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