Hyponatremia as a surrogate marker for optimal diuretic selection in acute heart failure

J Cardiol. 2018 Jun;71(6):547-549. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2017.10.013. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

Authors

Arata Fukushima¹, Shintaro Kinugawa²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Electronic address: tuckahoe@med.hokudai.ac.jp.

PMID: 29169980
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2017.10.013

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Keywords: Acute heart failure; Hyponatremia; Loop diuretics; Thiazide.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Biomarkers
Diuretics
Heart Failure*
Humans
Hyponatremia*
Incidence

Substances

Biomarkers
Diuretics