PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Kalindi Parikh AU - Howard Weitz TI - Can a bowel preparation exacerbate heart failure? AID - 10.3949/ccjm.77a.10025 DP - 2011 Mar 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 157--160 VI - 78 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/3/157.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/3/157.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2011 Mar 01; 78 AB - Polyethylene glycol solutions, used for bowel preparation before colonoscopy, in theory pass through the colon without any absorption of water. However, several investigators have reported that these solutions do increase plasma volume. This review compares polyethylene and sodium phosphate bowel preparations and their effects on patients with heart failure, and also offers recommendations for patients with heart failure who need colonoscopy.