Fig. 8.1 Estimated prevalence of elevated Pi, PTH and FGF23 across the strata of chronic kidney disease. FGF23 is an early biomarker of renal dysfunction, and its increase precedes the…
Compounds Adverse clinical cardiorenal outcomes Cardiac effects Vascular effects Renal effects Indoxyl sulfate Progression of CKD [26, 27] Increased collagen synthesis in NCF [34] Defective endothelial proliferation and wound repair…
Fig. 9.1 Mechanisms involved in renal congestion in heart failure How Does Renal Congestion Lead to Worsening of Renal Function? As suggested above venous congestion (including renal vein) is an…
Fig. 14.1 Diagnostic algorithm of PH Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension The World Health Organization (WHO) has condensed all forms of PH into five main groups [8] (Table 14.1). Group I…
Cancer type Cellular target Targeted agent Class of agent Colorectal [16–18] KRAS Cetuximab Monoclonal antibody against EGFR Breast [19, 20] HER2 Trastuzumab Monoclonal antibody HER2/Neu (EGFR2) Chronic myeloid leukaemia [21,…
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015David Goldsmith, Adrian Covic and Jonas Spaak (eds.)Cardio-Renal Clinical Challenges10.1007/978-3-319-09162-4_15 15. How to Use Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Patients with CKD and Heart Failure Dan Gaiţă1 , Svetlana Moşteoru1 and Liviu Segall2 (1)…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015David Goldsmith, Adrian Covic and Jonas Spaak (eds.)Cardio-Renal Clinical Challenges10.1007/978-3-319-09162-4_2 2. Small Vessel Disease in CKD, Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension Reza Aghamohammadzadeh1 , Emma C. Wylie2 and Anthony M. Heagerty1 (1) Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University…
28. Pereira MA, Fulgoni III VL. Consumption of 100% fruit juice and risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome: findings from the national health and nutrition examination survey 1999–2004. J Am…
Fig. 12.1 Summary of the main findings regarding BNP and NT pro-BNP in CKD patients Theoretically, overhydration increases parietal stress and secretion of BNP and NTproBNP; therefore, BNP and NTproBNP…
