Fanyou Zhu, Rui Wen, Xiangling Tan, Hongjun Nie, Jiali Li, Qi Wang, Jiao Qin
INTRODUCTION: Cyanotic nephropathy, a rare disease characterized by proteinuria, decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), thrombocytopenia, polycythemia, and hyperuricemia, may occasionally be secondary to cyanotic congenital heart disease. There are currently no detailed diagnostic criteria or treatments for cyanotic nephropathy owing to its extremely low incidence. Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) was initially defined by Paul Wood in pathophysiologic terms as "pulmonary hypertension (PH) at the systemic level, caused by a high pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), with a reversed or bidirectional shunt at aorto-pulmonary, ventricular, or atrial level...
March 6, 2024: Kidney & Blood Pressure Research