Ultrafiltration for management of fluid overload in patients with heart failure

Heart failure is the number one cause of death in the United States and a significant burden to the healthcare system. One of the primary complications of heart failure is fluid overload, for which current treatments are limited. Medical therapy is first‐line; however, rates of diuretic insensitivity are high, medications are not easily titrated, and they do not address the underlying physiologic derangement that leads to hypervolemia. Removal...