Abstract
Renal insufficiency is common in patients with chronic heart failure. There are two pathologic processes involved in etiology of this type of renal insufficiency: first is the decrease in end organ perfusion as a result of reduction in cardiac output of the failing heart, second is the vascular nephrosclerosis resulting from atherosclerosis as part of the underlying disease process. This paper outlines the benefit of mechanical assist device implantation in improving renal function. After a rapid improvement of renal functions after biventricular assist device implantation in our patient with dilated cardiomyopathy we were able to avoid combined heart and kidney transplant and proceed with an isolated heart transplant.
Translated title of the contribution | Impact of mechanical circulatory support on renalfunction in a patient with end stage heart failure |
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Original language | Czech |
Pages (from-to) | 129-132 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Casopis Lekaru Ceskych |
Volume | 149 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cardiorenal syndrome
- Chronic heart failure
- Chronic renal failure
- Combined heart kidney transplant
- Heart transplant
- Mechanical assist device
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)