ReviewCardiology and therapy2021
Chloride in Heart Failure Syndrome: Its Pathophysiologic Role and Therapeutic Implication.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Low serum chloride concentration and the in-hospital mortality of patients with acute decompensated heart failure: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of Hypochloremia in Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- The 'Chloride Theory' for Heart Failure Pathophysiology: An Updated Narrative Review 2025.Cardiology and therapy · 2026Review
- Exploring the Role of the SLC12A Cation-Coupled Chloride Cotransporters in the Cardiovascular System.Cells · 2026Review
- Urinary markers in heart failure - types, timing and thresholds. European Journal of Heart Failure expert consensus document.European journal of heart failure · 2025Review
- The Role of Chloride in Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Practical Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Urine chloride trajectory and relationship with diuretic response in acute heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2025Article
- Diuretic resistance in cardiorenal syndrome: mechanisms, monitoring and phenotype-tailored management.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Diuretic treatment using the RenalGuard® system in patients hospitalized due to acute decompensated heart failure and characterization of the profile of patients with good and poor response to treatment - preliminary study.Cardiology journal · 2025Article
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- Effects of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors on Serum Chloride Concentrations in Patients with Heart Failure.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Article
- Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors: Guardians against Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Heart Diseases.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2024Review
- Evaluation of the Accuracy of Point-of-Care Urine Chloride Measured via Strip Test in Patients with Heart Failure.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Predictive value of the prognostic nutritional index combined with serum chloride levels for the prognosis of patients with acute decompensated heart failure.Heart and vessels · 2024Article
- The role of urine chloride in acute heart failure.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Electrochemical Sensing of Urinary Chloride Ion Concentration for Near Real-Time Monitoring.Biosensors · 2023Article
- Toward quantification of loop diuretic responsiveness for congestive heart failure.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2023Review
- Mechanistic insights into chloride-related heart failure progression according to the plasma volume status.ESC heart failure · 2022Article
- Serum Chloride Is Inversely Associated With 3 Months Outcomes in Chinese Patients With Heart Failure, a Retrospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Until recently, most studies of heart failure (HF) focused on body fluid dynamics through control of the sodium and water balance in the body. Chloride has remained largely ignored in the medical literature, and in clinical practice, chloride is generally considered as an afterthought to the better-known electrolytes of sodium and potassium. In recent years, however, the important role of chloride in the distribution of body fluid has emerged in the field of HF pathophysiology. Investigation of HF pathophysiology according to the dynamics of serum chloride is rational considering that chloride is an established key electrolyte for tubulo-glomerular feedback in the kidney and a possible regulatory electrolyte for body fluid distribution. The present review provides a historical overview of HF pathophysiology, followed by descriptions of the recent attention to the electrolyte chloride in the cardiovascular field, the known role of chloride in the human body, and recent new findings regarding the role of chloride leading to the proposed 'chloride theory' hypothesis in HF pathophysiology. Next, vascular and organ congestion in HF is discussed, and finally, a new classification and potential therapeutic strategy are proposed according to the 'chloride theory'.
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