This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study of all consecutive patients with decompensated heart failure and signs of volume overload who do not require hospital admission but require intravenous diuretic for relief of congestion.~Patients meeting the inclusion criteria, with prior informed consent, will be randomized to treatment with furosemide with hypertonic saline versus isolated furosemide (control group).~Complete clinical evaluation, echocardiography, and blood and urinary tests will be performed before the treatment. After 3 hours, diuresis volume, weight and urinary parameters will be evaluated. Efficacy and safety visits will be performed at 7 and 30 days.
The purpose of this study is to compare intravenous furosemide (125 to 250 mg), isolated or in combination with hypertonic saline solution (2.4% to 3.6%) in the outpatient heart failure patient. The hypothesis is that the combination therapy will increase the diuresis volume at 3 hours and improve congestion parameters at 7 days.