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Article: Research from M. Klopotowski et al has provided new information about infarction.(Report)
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- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 22, 2009
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According to recent research from Warsaw, Poland, "Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder reported to be a predictor of poor prognosis among hospitalized patients, but. individuals with high levels also tend to have less favorable outcomes. This study investigated whether sodium level on admission is predictive of in-hospital outcome in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary angioplasty."
"Included were 1858 patients admitted with STEMI for primary angioplasty. Sodium level was measured oil admission and analyzed as hypo- versus normonatremia and by grouping patients into sodium quintiles. The relationships between ...