Effects of Low and High Sodium Chloride Diets and Furosemide Administration on Cardiac Function, Plasma Electrolyte Concentrations, and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Congestive heart failure is commonly treated with a low sodium diet and diuretic. The purpose of this treatment is the reduction of preload, or blood volume presented to the diseased cardiac muscle. The purpose of this study was to assess the roles of dietary sodium and furosemide on cardiac funct...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46483 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-32798-144255/ |