AHA Late-Breaker: TRANSFORM-HF – Comparative Effectiveness of Torsemide versus Furosemide in Heart Failure: Primary Results

<p>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.</p> <p>The TRANSFORM-HF trial compared these 2 therapies against each other.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/eagles-eye-view-your-weekly-cv-update-from-acc-org/id1274635046"> Subscribe on Apple</a> Podcasts | <a href= "https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I6dtkumvaipematzgzmbph2koiq"> Subscribe on Google Play</a> | <a href= "http://www.acc.org/education-and-meetings/products-and-resources/accel-audio"> Subscribe to ACCEL</a></p>