Cardiorenal syndrome in acute heart failure: A vicious cycle?

Introduction and Objective: Worsening renal function has an unquestionably negative impact on prognosis in patients with acute heart failure (HF). In Portugal there is little information about the importance of this entity in HF patients admitted to hospital. The objective of this work was to assess...

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Main Authors: Francisca Caetano, Sérgio Barra, Ana Faustino, Ana Botelho, Paula Mota, Marco Costa, António Leitão Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-03-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204914000567