Renal Optimization Strategies Evaluation in Acute Heart Failure and Reliable Evaluation of Dyspnea in the Heart Failure Network (ROSE) Study

Inclusion Criteria

• A diagnosis of heart failure as defined by the presence of at least 1 symptom (dyspnea, orthopnea, or edema) AND 1 sign (rales on auscultation, peripheral edema, ascites, pulmonary vascular congestion on chest radiography)
• Prior clinical diagnosis of heart failure Must be identified within 24 hours of hospital admission (24 hour clock begins when the admission orders are placed)
• Estimated GFR of > 15 but 50%
• Hemodynamically significant arrhythmias including ventricular tachycardia or defibrillator shock within 4 weeks
• Acute coronary syndrome within 4 weeks as defined by electrocardiographic (ECG) ST-segment depression or prominent T-wave inversion and/or positive biomarkers of necrosis (e.g., troponin) in the absence of ST-segment elevation and in an appropriate clinical setting (chest discomfort or anginal equivalent)
• Active myocarditis
• Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• Greater than moderate stenotic valvular disease
• Restrictive or constrictive cardiomyopathy
• Complex congenital heart disease
• Constrictive pericarditis
• Non-cardiac pulmonary edema
• Clinical evidence of digoxin toxicity
• Need for mechanical hemodynamic support
• Sepsis
• Terminal illness (other than HF) with expected survival of less than 1 year
• Previous adverse reaction to the study drugs
• Use of IV iodinated radiocontrast material in last 72 hours or planned during hospitalization
• Enrollment or planned enrollment in another randomized clinical trial during this hospitalization
• Inability to comply with planned study procedures
• Pregnancy or nursing mothers