Short-term effect of evidence-based medicine heart failure therapy on glomerular filtration rate in elderly patients with chronic cardiorenal syndrome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2385-2386

  Málek, Filip ^a   Havrda, Martin ^b   Fruhaufová, Zuzana ^b   Vránová, Jana ^c  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CHRONIC CARDIORENAL SYNDROME; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71549117655     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02599.x     Document Type: Letter

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