title: Role of diminished renal function in cardiovascular mortality: marker or pathogenetic factor?
abstract: The interactions between the heart and the kidney recently have been the focus of intense interest because of epidemiological evidence indicating that even mild deterioration of renal function is an important risk factor for poor outcome in patients with congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular surgery. Kidney function deterioration may be a consequence of cardiac and baroreceptor dysfunction or may be primarily caused by intrinsic kidney disease. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of the kidney not only as a marker but also as a pathogenic factor in cardiorenal syndromes, whether primary heart or primary kidney disease or both are the initiators of the subsequent pathophysiological events.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. robert.schrier@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Schrier
mesh_terms: D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D003404:Creatinine