Proteinuria in congestive heart failure.
To clarify the association between proteinuria and congestive heart failure (CHF), 24-hour urinary protein determinations were obtained from 27 patients with objectively documented CHF, before and after therapy of the CHF. The results demonstrate that modest proteinuria is a frequent feature of CHF and that this proteinuria reverses promptly with successful CHF therapy. Proteinuria exceeding 500 mg/day occurred only in patients with acute pulmonary edema. However, there was no other correlation between severity of proteinuria and type or chronicity of CHF. When proteinuria exceeds 1 g/24 h or when proteinuria does not reverse within 2 weeks of successful CHF therapy, intrinsic renal disease should be suspected.
D000419:Albuminuria / Q000209:etiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000652:urine; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000652:urine