Cardio-renal syndrome: A double edged sword

Renal dysfunction can compromise virtually every organ system. This especially applies to cardiac function whereupon renal maintenance of fluid volume, vascular tone, and electrolytes impacts the heart directly. Cardio-renal syndrome has only recently been described since 2004 and is defined as a state in which therapy to alleviate heart failure symptoms is limited by increasingly worsening renal function.1 It has been estimated that this accounts for over one million hospital admissions annually in the United States.
Source: Disease a Month - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: FORWARD Source Type: research