CGNGESllVE HEART FAiLURE
Renal Response to lndomethacin in Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to Ischemic or Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Stephen S. Gottlieb, MD, Shawn Robinson, MD, Catherine M. Krichten, RN, MS, and Michael L. Fisher, MD The impact of nonsteroidai anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAiDs) on renal functii has not been evaluated in patients with congestive heart failure. 7heWore, the renal effects of indomethacin were examined in patients with chronic heart failure, and the reiation between the changes in giomeruiar filtration rate and renal piasma flow after indomethacin administration was assessed. Twentyfive patients with congestive heart failure and an ejection fraction
Renal Response to lndomethacin in Congestive Heart Failure Secondary to Ischemic or Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Stephen S. Gottlieb, MD, Shawn Robinson, MD, Catherine M. Krichten, RN, MS, and Michael L. Fisher, MD The impact of nonsteroidai anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAiDs) on renal functii has not been evaluated in patients with congestive heart failure. 7heWore, the renal effects of indomethacin were examined in patients with chronic heart failure, and the reiation between the changes in giomeruiar filtration rate and renal piasma flow after indomethacin administration was assessed. Twentyfive patients with congestive heart failure and an ejection fraction
