What is Cardiorenal Society of America?

About us. The Cardio Renal Society of America is dedicated to improving outcomes of patients fighting diabetes, cardio vascular disease and chronic kidney disease, the triple threat of cardio-renal syndromes, through community outreach, professional education and research.

What is Cardiorenal syndrome with renal failure?

Cardiorenal syndrome encompasses a spectrum of disorders involving both the heart and kidneys in which acute or chronic dysfunction in 1 organ may induce acute or chronic dysfunction in the other organ. It represents the confluence of heart-kidney interactions across several interfaces.

Is cardiorenal syndrome fatal?

Patients with cardiorenal syndrome experience frequent hospitalizations and increased morbidity as well as high risk of death. Therefore, effective treatment is essential.

Can cardiorenal syndrome be reversed?

The net clinical consequences are sodium and fluid retention, and progressive reduction of renal function, initially reversible, but ultimately irreversible damage.

Is cardiorenal syndrome reversible?

Type 5 cardiorenal syndrome (secondary cardiorenal syndrome) is reversible or irreversible condition marked by simultaneous heart and kidney insufficiency, as a result of multiorgan disease such as sepsis, diabetes mellitus, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, etc.

What is the prognosis for cardiorenal syndrome?

Moreover, the coexistence of the two problems in the same patient, referred to as ‘cardiorenal syndrome’ (CRS), has an extremely poor prognosis (1,2). Studies (3) have shown that more than 30% of the overall ADHF patients develop renal dysfunction.

How common is cardiorenal syndrome?

Prevalence of the Cardiorenal Syndrome The Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE), a large U.S. database of 105,388 hospitalized HF patients, reported that 30% had CKD. Approximately 20% of patients had sCr >2.0 mg/dl, 9% had Cr >3.0 mg/dl, and 5% were treated with dialysis.