CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PATIENTS

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PREDISPOSES TO DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, BECAUSE OF THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES THAT OCCURS DUE TO AN ABNORMAL STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL HEART, SUCH AS CHRONIC HYPOXIA AND ANOMALIES IN THE RENAL BLOOD FLOW. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, CARDIAC SURGERY Carol Davila University Emergency Central Emergency Military Hospital, 88 Mircea Vulcanescu Str, 010825, Bucharest, Romania Carol Davila University Emergency Central Emergency Military Hospital, 88 Mircea Vulcanescu Str, 010825, Bucharest, Romania; University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 8 Eroii Sanitari Str, 050474, Bucharest, Romania University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 8 Eroii Sanitari Str, 050474, Bucharest, Romania; Emergency Clinical Hospital of Bucharest, Internal Medicine Department, 8 Calea Floreasca, 014461, Bucharest, Romania University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 8 Eroii Sanitari Str, 050474, Bucharest, Romania; "Sf. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are used to balance single-ventricle circulation, to prevent ventricular remodeling and to control blood pressure. A retrospective study conducted on 206 hospitalised children diagnosed with congenital heart disease and treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, observed a decreased renal function and 42% of them presented kidney injury29.