title: Peritoneal dialysis as a therapeutic approach in congestive heart failure resistant to pharmacological treatment: case report.
abstract: This report describes the use of continuous peritoneal dialysis (PD) as an alternative to hemodialysis (HD) in a patient with type 2 cardiorenal syndrome in the course of congestive heart failure resistant to standard pharmacological treatment. A 39-year-old man presented with a 24-year history of progressive heart failure. Ineligibility for heart transplant and previous inefficient treatment with different modifications of HD reduced his treatment options to PD. After 7 months of continuous PD (1 overnight exchange with icodextrin and 2 daily standard continuous ambulatory PD exchanges) his overall condition significantly improved compared with his status while on HD. An increase from NYHA class IV to class II, increase in left ventricular ejection fraction from 50% to 55%, decrease in right ventricular systolic pressure from 73 to 53 mmHg, and improvement in the quality of life enabled him to resume his daily activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Diseases, Nephrology and Dialysis, Military Medicine Institute, Central Hospital, Ministry of National Defence, Warszawa, Poland. a.borkowska4@wp.pl
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Próchnicka
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olszowska
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baczyński
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zelichowski
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lubas
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiśniewska
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dziekiewicz
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wańkowicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005936:Glucans / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D015312:Hemodialysis Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D000077607:Icodextrin; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D015312:Hemodialysis Solutions; D000077607:Icodextrin; D005947:Glucose