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A 58 year old hypertensive man with CKD is referred to renal for advice. He was admitted 3 weeks earlier with breathlessness, hypertension and pulmonary oedema. Underlying ischaemic heart disease was presumed and he was commenced on antiplatelet therapy, a beta blocker, ramipril and furosemide. His renal function acutely worsened and both furosemide and ramipril were discontinued. During his admission he has suffered several episodes of pulmonary oedema. His echocardiogram demonstrated LVH with preserved LV systolic function and his coronary angiogram did not demonstrate significant disease.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Cardiorenal Failure. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_12
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