Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure
This comprehensive manual reviews the management of cardiorenal syndrome in heart failure. Chapters are structured in a practically applicable and easy-to-follow format with realistic case vignettes and key clinical management questions and answers, follo
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Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure
W. H. Wilson Tang Frederik H. Verbrugge • Wilfried Mullens Editors
Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure
Editors W. H. Wilson Tang Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH USA
Frederik H. Verbrugge Department of Internal Medicine UZ Leuven Leuven Belgium
Wilfried Mullens Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Genk University Hasselt Genk Belgium
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Foreword
Heart failure continues to be a major medical problem across the globe. In the United States (US), it is the most common reason for patients to be hospitalized. Hospital cases of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are increasing in the US, while hospitalization for heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) may be decreasing. Both conditions often present with fluid overload, pulmonary congestion, edema, and some renal function impairment. Most physicians know that aggressive diuretic therapy or other means of reducing excessive circulating volume can at times lead to worsening renal function and even acute kidney injury. When this occurs in the setting of acute decompensated heart failure, outcomes can be poor, and management can be challenging. This important new book brings together the clinician-scientists that have been actively studying the “cardio-renal syndrome” at various universities around the world. The authors know each other well and have been at the “front lines” in various laboratories trying to better understand what is really happening and how
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