2019
Heart failure in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference
House A, Wanner C, Sarnak M, Piña I, McIntyre C, Komenda P, Kasiske B, Deswal A, deFilippi C, Cleland J, Anker S, Herzog C, Cheung M, Wheeler D, Winkelmayer W, McCullough P, Participants C, Abu-Alfa A, Amann K, Aonuma K, Appel L, Baigent C, Bakris G, Banerjee D, Boletis J, Bozkurt B, Butler J, Chan C, Costanzo M, Dubin R, Filippatos G, Gikonyo B, Gikonyo D, Hajjar R, Iseki K, Ishii H, Knoll G, Lenihan C, Lentine K, Lerma E, Macedo E, Mark P, Noiri E, Palazzuoli A, Pecoits-Filho R, Pitt B, Rigatto C, Rossignol P, Setoguchi S, Sood M, Störk S, Suri R, Szummer K, Tang S, Tangri N, Thompson A, Vijayaraghavan K, Walsh M, Wang A, Weir M. Heart failure in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney International 2019, 95: 1304-1317. PMID: 31053387, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.02.022.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsChronic kidney diseaseDialysis-dependent chronic kidney diseaseNondialysis chronic kidney diseaseHeart failureKidney diseaseEjection fractionGlobal outcomeKidney transplant patientsReduced ejection fractionControversies ConferenceTransplant patientsBreakout group discussionsDiseaseOutcomesFailureHFpEFPatientsGroup discussionsPrevalenceIncidenceDiagnosisPrevention
2018
Improving the prognosis of patients with severely decreased glomerular filtration rate (CKD G4+): conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference
Eckardt K, Bansal N, Coresh J, Evans M, Grams M, Herzog C, James M, Heerspink H, Pollock C, Stevens P, Tamura M, Tonelli M, Wheeler D, Winkelmayer W, Cheung M, Hemmelgarn B, Participants C, Abu-Alfa A, Anand S, Arici M, Ballew S, Block G, Burgos-Calderon R, Charytan D, Das-Gupta Z, Dwyer J, Fliser D, Froissart M, Gill J, Griffith K, Harris D, Huffman K, Inker L, Jager K, Jun M, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kasiske B, Kovesdy C, Krane V, Lamb E, Lerma E, Levey A, Levin A, Mauro J, Nash D, Navaneethan S, O’Donoghue D, Obrador G, Pecoits-Filho R, Robinson B, Schäffner E, Segev D, Stengel B, Stenvinkel P, Tangri N, Tentori F, Tsukamoto Y, Turakhia M, Vazquez M, Wang A, Williams A. Improving the prognosis of patients with severely decreased glomerular filtration rate (CKD G4+): conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney International 2018, 93: 1281-1292. PMID: 29656903, PMCID: PMC5998808, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsGlomerular filtration rateKidney replacement therapyCKD G4Kidney failureFiltration rateRisk factorsGlobal outcomeTraditional CVD risk factorsCKD Prognosis ConsortiumCVD risk factorsCardiovascular disease eventsPrognosis of patientsOptimal therapeutic strategyControversies ConferenceCohort studyCVD outcomesHeart failureVariable prognosisClinical outcomesTherapeutic challengeKidney diseasePrognostic valueReplacement therapyInternational expert groupPatient preferences
2008
The Association of Hashimoto Disease and Congo Red Negative Amyloidosis
Chaiban JT, Kalache SM, Salti I, Abu Alfa A, Shabb N. The Association of Hashimoto Disease and Congo Red Negative Amyloidosis. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2008, 336: 293-296. PMID: 18794630, DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e31815b9d51.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongo red stainHashimoto's thyroiditisPrimary amyloidosisMultiple organ involvementRed stainMonoclonal immunoglobulin light chainsOrgan involvementRenal failureHeart failureHashimoto's diseaseAmyloid depositionEnlarged tongueRare caseImmunoglobulin light chainsSystemic amyloidosisExtracellular depositionImmunofixation studiesAmyloidosisUltrastructural featuresThyroiditisPatientsLight chainStainEarly stagesBiopsy