Ultrasonography: Ariadne’s Thread in the Diagnosis of the Cardiorenal Syndrome

• Published in: Cardiorenal medicine Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 11 - 17
• Main Authors: Di Lullo, Luca, Floccari, Fulvio, Granata, Antonio, D’Amelio, Alessandro, Rivera, Rodolfo, Fiorini, Fulvio, Malaguti, Moreno, Timio, Mario
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.02.2012
• Subjects: Review; Heart failure; Chronic renal failure; Acute renal failure; Ultrasonography
• ISSN: 1664-3828; 1664-5502
• DOI: 10.1159/000334268

The term cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) describes a broad spectrum of clinical conditions with four combinations of acute and chronic heart and kidney failure. Based on the pathophysiological primum movens, the actual classification recognizes five CRS types: in type I and II CRS, the initiating event i...