Connecting heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and renal dysfunction: the role of endothelial dysfunction and inflammation

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 588-598

  ter Maaten, Jozine M ^a   Damman, Kevin ^a   Verhaar, Marianne C ^b   Paulus, Walter J ^c   Duncker, Dirk J ^d   Cheng, Caroline ^b,d   van Heerebeek, Loek ^c   Hillege, Hans L ^a   Lam, Carolyn S P ^e   Navis, Gerjan ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Inflammation; Renal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CREATININE; SACUBITRIL PLUS VALSARTAN; VALSARTAN;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84975298320     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.497     Document Type: Review

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