Sodium, Chloride, and Cardiovascular Mortality—Open Access Data Is Worth Its Salt - Canadian Journal of Cardiology
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Summary:
"Abstract: The pernicious role of increased sodium intake in cardiovascular disease, particularly in hypertension and heart failure, is well appreciated. Hyponatremia has also long been recognized as a negative prognostic factor after decompensated heart failure1 and more recently has also been shown to be predictive of increased mortality in the general population.2 Interestingly, sodium’s constant traveling companion chloride has historically been viewed more as an anodyne escort, and therefore has largely been exempt from rigorous study...."
Sodium, Chloride, and Cardiovascular Mortality—Open Access Data Is Worth Its Salt
Brophy, James M.
Canadian Journal of Cardiology , Volume 34 , Issue 8 , 968 - 969