Hyponatremia predicts right heart failure and poor survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1364-1369

  Forfia, Paul R ^a   Mathai, Stephen C ^b   Fisher, Micah R ^c   Housten Harris, Traci ^b   Hemnes, Anna R ^d   Champion, Hunter C ^e   Girgis, Reda E ^b   Hassoun, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hyponatremia; Pulmonary heart disease; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HYPERNATREMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 44949228252     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200712-1876OC     Document Type: Article

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