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A Historical Perspective on Evolving Concepts of Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure

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Cardiorenal syndrome, the clinical process that describes the interaction between the heart and the kidneys, has recently received a great deal of attention from clinical and research standpoints. Patients that have heart and kidney problems are common today in clinical practice and the presence of cardiorenal abnormalities is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The concept of cardiorenal syndrome is however not novel. Thus, it is critical to re-examine efforts of the past. The trials and tribulations of yesterday’s clinical investigators are important and give us greater insight into today’s practice. In this narrative, we sought to report a historical overview of cardiorenal interactions and thus render homage to those physicians dedicating their work to this subject. Those physicians have paved the way to an era in which the concept, consequences and pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome is much better understood.

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  1. PeaceHealth System Services, Vancouver, WA, USA

    Joshua Grant

  2. The John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Hector O. Ventura

  3. The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, Australia

    Hector O. Ventura

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    W. H. Wilson Tang

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Frederik H. Verbrugge

  3. Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk University Hasselt, Genk, Belgium

    Wilfried Mullens

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Grant, J., Ventura, H.O. (2020). A Historical Perspective on Evolving Concepts of Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure. In: Tang, W., Verbrugge, F., Mullens, W. (eds) Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21033-5_1

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