Extracorporeal veno-venous ultrafiltration in congestive heart failure: What's the state of the art? A mini-review.

The study demonstrated a clear trend of each outcome in favor of UF; weight loss (primary endpoint), dyspnea improvement and net fluid loss assessed at 48 h from enrollment resulted statistically significant ( P = 0.001) in the UF arm of the study as compared to diuretics arm.

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Despite only one third of the sample size was achieved from the investigators, this trial showed a trend toward reduction in rehospitalization for HF in the first 90-d of discharge[ 48 ].

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