Effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition with empagliflozin on potassium handling in patients with acute heart failure.
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SUBMITTER: Beusekamp JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8360090 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
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Effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition with empagliflozin on potassium handling in patients with acute heart failure.
Beusekamp Joost C JC Tromp Jasper J Boorsma Eva M EM Heerspink Hiddo J L HJL Damman Kevin K Voors Adriaan A AA van der Meer Peter P
European journal of heart failure 20210511 6
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