Admission hyponatraemia as heart failure events predictor in patients with acute heart failure.

Aims: Heart failure remained consistent as one of the biggest cardiovascular problems in Indonesia. Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte disorder among patients presented with heart failure; however, the prognostic value for worsening heart failure has not been well defined.

Methods And Results: We studied 134 patients admitted with acute heart failure and investigated the relationship between admission serum sodium and the composite clinical outcomes of all-cause mortality and hospitalization ambispectively with a follow-up duration of 6 months.