...Kent Doi; Ryo Matsuura The interactions between the kidney and heart are well studied and frequently lumped together as cardiorenal syndrome. It is believed that the sympathetic nervous system is involved in the mechanism of kidney injury caused by heart failure, but direct evidence is still...

... supplementation on the markers of fluid overload in these patients (NCT03440970). It remains to be tested whether the addition of serum chloride (or replacing serum sodium by serum chloride) in current risk stratification models of HF would portend any additional prognostic value. Chloride Cardiorenal...

...Yoshio Funahashi; Sheuli Chowdhury; Mahaba B. Eiwaz; Michael P. Hutchens Cardiorenal syndrome type 1 (CRS-1) is an acute kidney injury (AKI) due to acute worsening of cardiac function. More than 20% of patients with acute heart failure develop AKI, and AKI predicts poor outcome. Although a number...

...Hsin-Yu Chen; Kang-Ju Chou; Hua-Chang Fang; Chien-Liang Chen; Chih-Yang Hsu; Wei-Chieh Huang; Chien-Wei Huang; Chun Kai Huang; Po-Tsang Lee Background: Ultrafiltration is an adjunctive treatment for decompensated heart failure patients with cardiorenal syndrome. The efficacy and safety...