Blood Urea Nitrogen/Creatinine Ratio Identifies a High-Risk but Potentially Reversible Form of Renal Dysfunction in Patients With Decompensated Heart Failure

BACKGROUND: Identifying reversible renal dysfunction (RD) in the setting of heart failure is challenging. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether elevated admission blood urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio (BUN/Cr) could identify decompensated heart failure patients likely to experience improveme...

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Main Authors: Brisco, Meredith A., Coca, Steven G., Chen, Jennifer, Owens, Anjali Tiku, McCauley, Brian D., Kimmel, Stephen E., Testani, Jeffrey M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067251/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23325460
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.968230
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