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SUBMITTER: Pateinakis P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3038631 | biostudies-other | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pateinakis Panagiotis P Papagianni Aikaterini A
International journal of nephrology 20110206
The term cardiorenal syndrome refers to the interaction between the heart and the kidney in disease and encompasses five distinct types according to the initial site affected and the acute or chronic nature of the injury. Type 4, or chronic renocardiac syndrome, involves the features of chronic renal disease (CKD) leading to cardiovascular injury. There is sufficient epidemiologic evidence linking CKD with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The underlying pathophysiology goes beyo ...[more]