Renal dysfunction in acute and chronic heart failure: Prevalence, incidence and prognosis

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-149

  Cleland, John G F ^a   Carubelli, Valentina ^a   Castiello, Teresa ^a   Yassin, Ashraf ^a   Pellicori, Pierpaolo ^a   Antony, Renjith ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Incidence; Prevalence; Prognosis; Renal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARVEDILOL; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; ROLOFYLLINE; TOLVAPTAN; UREA; VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAFILTRATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; PROGNOSIS; UREA;

EID: 84862578420     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-012-9306-2     Document Type: Article

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