Predicting progression in nondiabetic kidney disease: the importance of cardiorenal interactions

Tobias Breidthardt; Alexandre Mebazaa; Christian E Mueller

doi:10.1038/ki.2008.591

Predicting progression in nondiabetic kidney disease: the importance of cardiorenal interactions

Kidney Int. 2009 Feb;75(3):253-5. doi: 10.1038/ki.2008.591.

Authors

Tobias Breidthardt¹, Alexandre Mebazaa, Christian E Mueller

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 19148149
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.591

Abstract

The interplay between the heart and the kidneys has received widespread attention in recent years. A novel five-class definition of cardiorenal syndromes has been proposed. The ability of two markers of cardiac dysfunction to predict progression of primary kidney disease, described by Dieplinger and his co-workers, highlights the prognostic importance of the chronic cardiorenal (types 2 and 4) syndromes.

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MeSH terms

Adrenomedullin / metabolism
Age Factors
Atrial Natriuretic Factor / metabolism
Biomarkers / metabolism
Creatinine / blood
Disease Progression
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Heart / physiopathology*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Humans
Kidney / physiopathology*
Kidney Diseases / physiopathology*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / physiopathology
Proteinuria
Sex Factors

Substances

Biomarkers
Adrenomedullin
Atrial Natriuretic Factor
Creatinine