Biochemical Evidence of Mild Hepatic Dysfunction Identifies Decompensated Heart Failure Patients With Reversible Renal Dysfunction
Brisco MA, McCauley BD, Chen J, Parikh CR, Testani JM. Biochemical Evidence of Mild Hepatic Dysfunction Identifies Decompensated Heart Failure Patients With Reversible Renal Dysfunction. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2013, 19: 739-745. PMID: 24263117, PMCID: PMC3884639, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReversible renal dysfunctionRenal dysfunctionLiver dysfunctionElevated international normalized ratioDecompensated heart failure patientsBaseline renal dysfunctionCharacteristic laboratory abnormalitiesDecompensated HF patientsLiver dysfunction resultsSigns of HFGlomerular filtration rateHeart failure patientsMild liver dysfunctionInternational normalized ratioIntrinsic kidney diseaseBiochemical evidenceHF patientsFailure patientsLaboratory abnormalitiesRenal functionPathophysiologic factorsDischarge diagnosisKidney diseaseMultifactorial pathophysiologyNormalized ratio