2020
Altered Hemodynamics and End-Organ Damage in Heart Failure
Verbrugge FH, Guazzi M, Testani JM, Borlaug BA. Altered Hemodynamics and End-Organ Damage in Heart Failure. Circulation 2020, 142: 998-1012. PMID: 32897746, PMCID: PMC7482031, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.045409.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureHemodynamic derangementsHemodynamic perturbationsElevated cardiac filling pressuresReduced cardiac outputCardiac filling pressuresEnd-organ damagePulmonary vascular diseaseHeart failure phenotypeMultiple organ systemsCapillary stress failureDevelopment of abnormalitiesCardiogenic shockHemodynamic abnormalitiesRenal functionEjection fractionClinical outcomesPulmonary congestionVenous capacityCardiac outputPericardial constraintVascular diseaseChronic diseasesFilling pressureVentilatory control
2011
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Improvement in Renal Function During the Treatment of Decompensated Heart Failure
Testani JM, McCauley BD, Chen J, Coca SG, Cappola TP, Kimmel SE. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Improvement in Renal Function During the Treatment of Decompensated Heart Failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2011, 17: 993-1000. PMID: 22123361, PMCID: PMC3248245, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDecompensated heart failureRenal functionHeart failureRenal dysfunctionAcute decompensated heart failureVolume of diuresisOutcomes of patientsCongestive heart failureGlomerular filtration rateCardiorenal interactionsIRF patientsClinical characteristicsHemodynamic derangementsConsecutive patientsCardiac dysfunctionDischarge diagnosisPoor prognosisFiltration rateMortality riskEligibility criteriaPatientsGreater incidenceDysfunctionUniversity of PennsylvaniaIRF