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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2021

Resistant hyponatraemia in a patient with follicular lymphoma and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a case report.

Jennifer Butler, Firas Miro, Abdallah Al-Mohammad

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer ButlerDepartment of Cardiology, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-9913
Firas MiroDepartment of Cardiology, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6764-5434
Abdallah Al-MohammadDepartment of Cardiology, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-8692
Northern General Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHyponatraemia is a common problem in patients with heart failure. It can be difficult to treat, especially in the presence of the patient's needs for diuresis and manipulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). CASE SUMMARY: This concerns a 74-year-old woman with follicular lymphoma and severe global left ventricular systolic dysfunction secondary to treatment with R-CHOP chemotherapy. She presented a difficult challenge in the management of her decompensated heart failure alongside hyponatraemia as low as 113 mmol/L. This was resistant to standard treatment. The resistance to usual measures necessitated treatment with Tolvaptan, a selective arginine vasopressin V2 inhibitor used to treat hyponatraemia in syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone. This, along with a strict fluid restriction of 500 mL/day, resolved the patient's hyponatraemia and enabled her discharge home on tolerated heart failure treatment. She has now remained stable for almost 12 months. DISCUSSION: The potential causes of hyponatraemia are discussed along with the role of Tolvaptan in its management.

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Case Reports (D002363)Heart Failure (D006333)Hyponatraemia (D007010)Lymphoma (D008223)Tolvaptan (D000077602)

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