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Worsening Renal Function in Elderly Patients with Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease: An Update

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is both an independent risk factor and an aggravating factor for the cardiovascular disease. Decompensated heart failure worsens CKD with adverse outcome and higher mortality. If the two diseases occur in elderly patients the prognosis is even more serious. Kidney function in the elderly is altered both physiologically and through the multiple morbidities (diabetic or hypertensive nephropathy, drug nephrotoxicity). Worsening renal function (WRF) is defined as serum creatinine increase ≥ 0.3 mg/dL.WRF has a poor prognosis in acute and in chronic heart failure.

Source: Medicina Moderna - Modern Medicine

Authors: Alice Bălăceanu, Carmen Bogeanu, Razvan Florin Ion Dragomirescu, Camelia Cristina Diaconu, Gheorghiåa Aron, Ion Dina, Carol Davila

Language: English

Topic: Heart Failure Treatment and Management

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2509053294

FWCI: 0.237

Cites: 18

Cited by: 1

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