Cardiorenal syndrome revisited

Circulation

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 929-944

  Zannad, Faiez ^a,b   Rossignol, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INI CRCT   (France)

^c Association Lorraine Pour le Traitement de l'Insuffisance Ré Nale   (France)

Author keywords

Cardio renal syndrome; Fibrosis; Heart failure; Renal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BISOPROLOL; CADHERIN; CANAGLIFLOZIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DOXAZOSIN; EMPAGLIFLOZIN; FINERENONE; KIDNEY INJURY MOLECULE 1; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; PATIROMER; SPIRONOLACTONE; AUTACOID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIORENAL SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVOLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; ORGAN INJURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL PROTECTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UREMIA; CARDIAC MUSCLE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIO-RENAL SYNDROME; FIBROSIS; HEART; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KIDNEY; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 85055595180     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028814     Document Type: Article

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