Plasma Arginine Vasopressin in Hyponatremic Patients with Heart Failure

Steven Goldsmith; Jay Cohn; Gary Francis; Allen Cowley; S. Smitz; J. J. Legros; J. L. Waucquez; P. A. Phillips; B. J. Rolls; J. G.G. Ledingham; Victoria L. Szatalowicz; Patricia E. Arnold; Cidio Chaimovitz; Daniel G. Bichet; Tomas Berl; Robert W. Schrier

doi:10.1056/NEJM198112103052412

Plasma Arginine Vasopressin in Hyponatremic Patients with Heart Failure

Steven Goldsmith, Jay Cohn, Gary Francis, Allen Cowley, S. Smitz, J. J. Legros, J. L. Waucquez, P. A. Phillips, B. J. Rolls, J. G.G. Ledingham, Victoria L. Szatalowicz, Patricia E. Arnold, Cidio Chaimovitz, Daniel G. Bichet, Tomas Berl, Robert W. Schrier

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To the Editor: We offer the following comments in reference to the paper by Szatalowicz et al.¹ in the July 30 issue, reporting detectable arginine vasopressin (AVP) levels in some hyponatremic patients with heart failure. Although 3.04±0.84 pg per milliliter was the mean value for AVP in the group with “detectable” levels, this number is somewhat misleading because of the presence of several very high values. Two thirds of the levels were actually below 2.0 pg per milliliter, and half of those were under 1.0 pg per milliliter. Thus, in most subjects, even in this group, AVP was nearly completely.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1470-1472
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	305
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198112103052412
State	Published - 10 Dec 1981
Externally published	Yes

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Goldsmith, S., Cohn, J., Francis, G., Cowley, A., Smitz, S., Legros, J. J., Waucquez, J. L., Phillips, P. A., Rolls, B. J., Ledingham, J. G. G., Szatalowicz, V. L., Arnold, P. E., Chaimovitz, C., Bichet, D. G., Berl, T., & Schrier, R. W. (1981). Plasma Arginine Vasopressin in Hyponatremic Patients with Heart Failure. New England Journal of Medicine, 305(24), 1470-1472. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198112103052412

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Plasma Arginine Vasopressin in Hyponatremic Patients with Heart Failure

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