2024
Dietary sodium and fluid intake in heart failure. A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
Mullens W, Damman K, Dhont S, Banerjee D, Bayes‐Genis A, Cannata A, Chioncel O, Cikes M, Ezekowitz J, Flammer A, Martens P, Mebazaa A, Mentz R, Miró Ò, Moura B, Nunez J, Maaten J, Testani J, van Kimmenade R, Verbrugge F, Metra M, Rosano G, Filippatos G. Dietary sodium and fluid intake in heart failure. A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2024, 26: 730-741. PMID: 38606657, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureClinical consensus statementFluid restrictionDietary sodiumConsensus statementEuropean Society of Cardiology HF guidelinesUntreated patient cohortLimitation of salt intakeHeart Failure AssociationSodium handlingSodium intakePatient cohortSalt intakeHF guidelinesFluid intakeFailure AssociationFluid homeostasisPatientsAvidity stateEuropean SocietyIntakeHeartContemporary evidenceExpert opinionData challenge
2020
Pathophysiology of Diuretic Resistance and Its Implications for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure
Wilcox CS, Testani JM, Pitt B. Pathophysiology of Diuretic Resistance and Its Implications for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure. Hypertension 2020, 76: 1045-1054. PMID: 32829662, PMCID: PMC10683075, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.15205.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsChronic heart failureDiuretic resistanceHeart failureHigh daily salt intakeDiuretic-resistant patientsSequential nephron blockadeDaily salt intakeHypochloremic metabolic alkalosisLoop of HenleMultiple diureticsRenal nervesReflex activationLoop diureticsSalt intakeRecurrent hospitalizationsVolume overloadPathophysiological mechanismsSingle doseSodium outputMetabolic alkalosisPharmacokinetic mechanismsDistal tubulesDiureticsProximal tubulesRenal tubules