Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29054185›Full record

Trial reportIndian heart journal

The prognostic significance of serum sodium in a population undergoing cardiac resynchronisation therapy.

Kaushik Guha, Jens Spießhöfer, Adam Hartley, Simon Pearse, Philip Y Xiu, Rakesh Sharma

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Indian heart journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kaushik GuhaDept of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: kguha@doctors.org.uk.
Jens SpießhöferDept of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Adam HartleyDept of Cardiology, Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Simon PearseDept of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Philip Y XiuDept of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Rakesh SharmaDept of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Royal Brompton Hospital · GBHarefield Hospital · GBMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine the prognostic implications of changes towards hyponatremia at varying time-points in the treatment of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT).

methodsA retrospective series of 249 patients was studied from 2002 to 2013. The population was categorized on the basis of serum sodium profile at baseline, at 1 month and at 6 month follow up visits following successful CRT implantation. The composite endpoint was all-cause mortality and heart failure hospitalisation (defined by the need for intravenous diuretic therapy) following CRT implantation.

resultsA total of 249 patients (67.8±12.5 years; NYHA class III/IV 75; LVEF 27.2±8.8%) were followed up for a median of 5.5 years. Hyponatremia at baseline, 1 month or 6 months follow up did not predict the composite endpoint. 26% of patients showed hyponatremia at baseline prior to CRT implantation, while it was present in 19.9% of patients 1 month (p=0.003) and in 16% (p<0.001) 6 months after CRT implantation. There was a significantly worse outcome for those patients who developed hyponatremia 6 months after CRT implantation. In multivariate analysis, the intake of loop diuretics (HR 1.76 [1.04-2.95], p=0.03) and renal impairment (urea>7.0mmol/l) (HR 1.61 [1.05-2.46], p=0.03) at baseline were associated with an increased risk of unplanned heart failure hospitalisation and all-cause mortality after CRT implantation.

conclusionsA change towards hyponatremia when observed 6 months after CRT implantation may predict a worse clinical outcome. Additionally, renal impairment and higher diuretic doses are associated with an increased risk of mortality in the population analysed.

Indexed as

AgedBiomarkersCardiac Resynchronization TherapyCause of DeathFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart FailureHumansHyponatremiaMalePrognosisRetrospective StudiesSodiumSurvival RateTime FactorsUnited KingdomBiomarkersSodiumCardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT)Heart failureHyponatremia

Identifiers

PMID29054185
PMCPMC5650566
OpenAlexW2594291944

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.