Clinical Impact of Worsening Renal Function in Elderly Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Background and ObjectivesThe clinical significance of worsening renal function (WRF) in elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is not completely understood. We compared the clinical conditions between younger and elderly patients with ADHF after the appearance of WRF to estab...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of heart failure 2021, 3(2), , pp.128-
Hauptverfasser: Sawamura, Akinori, Kajiura, Hiroki, Sumi, Takuya, Umemoto, Norio, Sugiura, Tsuyoshi, Taniguchi, Toshio, Ohashi, Masako, Asai, Toru, Shimizu, Kiyokazu, Murohara, Toyoaki
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Zusammenfassung:Background and ObjectivesThe clinical significance of worsening renal function (WRF) in elderly patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is not completely understood. We compared the clinical conditions between younger and elderly patients with ADHF after the appearance of WRF to establish its prognostic influence. MethodsWe included 654 consecutive patients (37% women) admitted for ADHF. We divided the patients into four groups according to their age (
ISSN:2636-154X
2636-1558
DOI:10.36628/ijhf.2020.0050