Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Aikaterini Damianaki, Evanthia Bletsa, Nikolaos Pyrpyris, Panagiotis Tsioufis, Panagiotis Theofilis, Eirini Beneki, Fotis Tatakis, Alexandros Kasiakogias, Evangelos Oikonomou, Dimitrios Petras, Gerasimos Siasos, Konstantina Aggeli, Konstantinos Tsioufis
Heart failure is increasingly prevalent and is estimated to increase its burden in the following years. A well-reported comorbidity of heart failure is renal dysfunction, where predominantly changes in the patient's volume status, tubular necrosis or other mechanical and neurohormonal mechanisms seem to drive this impairment. Currently, there are established biomarkers evaluating the patient's clinical status solely regarding the cardiovascular or renal system. However, as the coexistence of heart and renal failure is common and related to increased mortality and hospitalization for heart failure, it is of major importance to establish novel diagnostic techniques, which could identify patients with or at risk for cardiorenal syndrome and assist in selecting the appropriate management for these patients...
February 29, 2024: Cardiology in Review