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American Thoracic Society
Serum sodium predicts mortality 10 times higher in PAH patients
July 6th, 2008
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)—chronically high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs—whose serum sodium levels are low (called hyponatremia, or HN) have a very poor chance of survival and a high rate of right-heart failure (RHF), according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania. Low blood sodium is already known to indicate advanced left heart failure but has never been demonstrated to be linked to right heart failure before, such as that seen in patients with PAH. The research appears in the second issue for June of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. ...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-07-06)
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