Peritoneal dialysis in refractory end-stage congestive heart failure: a challenge facing a no-win situation | Zendy

Lázaro Gotloib | Zendy; Roberto Fudin | Zendy; Michaela Yakubovich | Zendy; Joerg Vienken | Zendy

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Peritoneal dialysis in refractory end-stage congestive heart failure: a challenge facing a no-win situation

Author(s) -

Lázaro Gotloib,

Roberto Fudin,

Michaela Yakubovich,

Joerg Vienken

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh1105

Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , peritoneal dialysis , ejection fraction , dialysis , heart transplantation , hemofiltration , cardiology , refractory (planetary science) , hemodialysis , population , surgery , transplantation , physics , environmental health , astrobiology

Current medical therapeutic strategies for refractory congestive heart failure (CHF) in the population of 65 years and older with contraindications for heart transplantation are limited. Peritoneal dialysis applied to CHF patients with or without renal impairment showed clinical functional improvement.

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