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SUBMITTER: Yoshioka K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319326 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoshioka Kenji K Matsue Yuya Y Okumura Takahiro T Kida Keisuke K Oishi Shogo S Akiyama Eiichi E Suzuki Satoshi S Yamamoto Masayoshi M Mizukami Akira A Kuroda Shunsuke S Kagiyama Nobuyuki N Yamaguchi Tetsuo T Sasano Tetsuo T Matsumura Akihiko A Kitai Takeshi T
PloS one 20200626 6
<h4>Aims</h4>The prognostic impact of worsening renal function (WRF) in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) remains under debate. Successful decongestion might offset the negative impact of WRF, but little is known about indicators of successful decongestion in the very acute phase of AHF. We hypothesized that decongestion as evaluated by the percent reduction in brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) could identify relevant prognostic implications of WRF in the very acute phase of AHF.<h4>Methods ...[more]