The American journal of medicine
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Letter Case Reports
Infection of Aortic Endograft Caused by Coccidioidomycosis.
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Letter Case Reports
Reversible Hippocratic Fingers in a Patient with Pneumonia.
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Restricting dietary sodium is a common recommendation given by clinicians to patients with heart failure and is one supported by current guidelines. However, the quality of evidence for this recommendation is suboptimal, and there is no consensus on the optimal level of sodium intake. ⋯ Nevertheless, sodium restriction is routinely recommended and remains a cornerstone of heart failure and blood pressure therapy. In this review we discuss the pros and cons of sodium restriction for patients with heart failure from the current literature.