Cardiorenal Syndrome-Clinical Challenge of the 21st Century
Journal Title: Online Journal of Cardiovascular Research - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The cardiac dysfunction and renal present a high prevailed in patients with chronic diseases, which contribute with another type of systemic disorders. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute sets the term cardiorenal syndrome (SCR) and defines it as the extreme deregulation failure and renal failure, which leads to a syndromic entity in which treatment to relieve symptoms of congestive heart failure (HF) is limited by the marked renal dysfunction [1]. The cardiorenal syndrome represents a pathological entity that is difficult to diagnose early, due to the various clinical manifestations that accompany it; in addition to this the causes are multiple cause both acute and chronic illnesses, resulting in a very insidious and complex management usually in this group of patients [2]. Within this spectrum they are involved different pathways that contribute to the development of this syndrome, inside of which are neurohormonal mechanisms, hemodynamic, and immunological disorders [3].
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Omar F Aleman Ortiz
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- DOI 10.33552/OJCR.2018.01.000501
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