title: [Hemofiltration in chronic heart failure].
abstract: 30 patients with severe congestive heart failure (NYHA IV) unresponsive to medical management were treated by continuous hemofiltration (CHF). 57% of patients received arteriovenous CHF and 43% of patients venovenous, machine assisted CHF over 95 +/- 31 hours. A reduction of body edemas was achieved. The removal of body fluid by CHF between 2 and 40 kg led to a reduction of body edemas and short-term clinical improvement. Furthermore CHF treatment induced hemodynamic improvement with a reduction of central venous pressure (18 +/- 6 cm H2O pre CHF vs 8 +/- 4 cm H2O post CHF p less than 0.01) and a reduction of left ventricular filling pressure (22 +/- 6 mm Hg vs 14 +/- 5 mm Hg, p less than 0.01), while the left ventricular ejection fraction remained unchanged. Patients with low serum sodium levels (less than 132 mval/l) benefited most. While 28/30 of patients has short-term clinical improvement between 2 and 8 weeks, 38% of patients had long-term benefits.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D014462:Ultrafiltration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium
vernacular_title: Hämofiltration bei chronischer Herzinsuffizienz.