Relation of Cardiorenal Syndrome to Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Author(s): Frank Seghatol-Eslami, MD, FACC, FASE

There is a complex interaction between the kidney and the heart. This interaction plays a major role both in normal physiology and in pathophysiology of heart or kidney failure. Renal dysfunction is one of the most important complications in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and portends a poor prognosis.

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