%0 Journal Article %A Kazerani, Hashem %A Salehi, Nahid %A Anami, Abolfazl %A Raisi, Farshid %T Evaluation of Response to Treatment with Glucose-Insulin-Potassium and Its Effect on NT.pro BNP and Hs.CRP in Patients with Acute Heart Failure %J Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine %V 20 %N 3 %U http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-122-en.html %R %D 2013 %K Glucose, Heart Failure, Acute- drug therapy, Insulin, Potassium, %X Introduction & Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in all countries in the recent century and congestive heart failure (CHF) is the reason of death in most pa-tients . The most common causes of CHF are ischemic heart disease, myopathies , valvular disease and hypertension. Mortality reduction is the aim in CHF treatment. Combination of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) has been used in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome and chronic CHF for two decades and different results reported. The current study performed to evaluate the efficacy of GIK to accelerate resolving signs and symptoms in patients with acute CHF. Materials & Methods: NT. pro BNP and H.s CRP are two components which increase in acute CHF and decrease after treatment. These parameters were evaluated in our clinical trial study.50 patients admitted with the diagnosis of acute CHF and EF %> http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-122-en.pdf %P 177-183 %& 177 %! %9 Original %L A-10-2-98 %+ %G eng %@ 2588-722X %[ 2013