title: Hyponatremia in patients with heart failure.
abstract: Mild hyponatremia is encountered frequently in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure. Admission plasma sodium concentration appears to be an independent predictor of increased mortality after discharge and rehospitalization. Recent studies have suggested that correction of hyponatremia may be associated with improved survival. This hypothesis is currently being studied in large prospective randomized clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: Liviu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Udelson
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orlandi
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sardella
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fedele
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghiade
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy