Open AccessEvidence of Mild Liver Dysfunction Identifies Stable Heart Failure Outpatients with Reversible Renal Dysfunction
Author(s) -
Meredith A. Brisco,
Susan J. Cheng,
Olga Laur,
Alexander J. Kula,
Jeffrey M. Testani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cardiorenal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1664-3828
pISSN - 1664-5502
DOI - 10.1159/000430505
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiorenal syndrome , renal function , heart failure , liver dysfunction , cardiology , gastroenterology , perfusion , pathophysiology , bilirubin
In decompensated heart failure (HF), reversible renal dysfunction (RD) is more frequently observed in patients with mild liver dysfunction likely due to the shared pathophysiologic factors involved. The objective of this study was to determine if these findings also apply to stable HF outpatients.
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