Main description:

This textbook provides a practical and board-driven resource to describe and define the emerging field of cardiorenal medicine. Covering all aspects of the topic with depth and relevance, this groundbreaking reference brings together experts at the nexus between cardiovascular and renal medicine to provide an exception reference to educate in this critical area of modern medicine. It describes how the heart and kidneys are inextricably linked via hemodynamic, neural, hormonal and cellular signaling systems and, concentrating on disease-based coverage, goes on to review emerging concepts in epidemiology, pathogenesis, screening, diagnosis and the management of cardiorenal syndromes, all extensively illustrated and containing features to support scholarship in the field.

Textbook of Cardiorenal Medicine provides consistent chapter organization, clear design and engaging text to define the diagnosis, treatment, intervention and surgical aspects of the full range of conditions encountered within this area of medicine. It is therefore an essential resource to all involved in the management of cardiorenal disease.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword

1 Implications of Chronic Kidney Disease on the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease

2 Prevalence and Progression of Cardiovascular Calcification in the General Population and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

3 Spectrum of Ventricular Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease

4 The Myocardium in Renal Failure

5 Impact of Renal Failure on Valvular Heart Disease

6 Arrythmias in Chronic Kidney Disease: Working Towards a Clinical Approach in Atrial Fibrillation

7 Type 1 Cardiorenal Syndrome

8 Type 2 Cardiorenal Syndrome

9 Type 3 Cardiorenal Syndrome

10 Type 5 Cardiorenal Syndrome

11 Post contrast acute kidney injury

12 Distinct Cardiorenal Syndromes: Cardiac Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury

13 Pediatric Cardiorenal Syndromes

14 Key concepts of organ-crosstalk

15 Methods to Assess Intra- and Extravascular Volume Status in Heart Failure Patients

16 Novel Biomarkers of Acute Cardiorenal Disease

17 Novel Biomarkers of Chronic Cardiorenal Disease

18 Mechanisms of Kidney and Heart Cross-Talk in Acute Kidney Injury

19 Kidney and the Heart in Multiorgan System Failure

20 Cardiac Consequences of Renal Artery Stenosis

21 Obesity

22 Class Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Cardiorenal Outcomes

23 Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Acute and Chronic Cardiorenal Syndromes

24 Pharmacoepidemiology in Cardiorenal Medicine

25 Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

26 Cardiac consultative approach to hemodialysis patients and cardiovascular evaluation and management of potential kidney transplant recipients

27 Nephrology Inpatient Consultative Approach in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease