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Mechanisms of Disease
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Volume 345:1689-1697 December 6, 2001 Number 23
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Aldosterone in Congestive Heart Failure
Karl T. Weber, M.D.

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Aldosterone was isolated from blood and urine, its adrenal origin elucidated, and its steroid structure identified nearly 50 years ago. Actions involving the reabsorption of sodium and the release of potassium by epithelial cells in the kidneys, intestine, and sweat and salivary glands led to its designation as a mineralocorticoid. The physiologic importance of aldosterone in preventing the loss of salt and water during periods of dietary sodium deprivation is now clear. Its contribution to the retention of sodium in patients with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, and the nephrotic syndrome has also been established.1,2,3 The perception of its pathophysiologic importance . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System

Aldosterone and the Pathophysiology of Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive Heart Failure: A Salt-Avid Syndrome

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From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Rm. 353 Dobbs Research Institute, 951 Court Ave., Memphis, TN 38163, where reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. Weber.

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