Desai C., Cotts W.G., Lerma E.V., Rudnick M.R. (eds.) Ventricular-Assist Devices and Kidney Disease: Clinical Perspectives

Springer, 2018. — 218 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-74656-2This text serves as a convenient one-stop resource on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases in context of advanced heart failure and presence of ventricular assist devices. Advances in managing heart failure, evidence-based practices and therapies are covered, along with the management of this unique and complex subset of patients. The book also provides insights into combined heart and kidney transplantation. Authored by leaders in nephrology, cardiology and transplantation, this book fills a critical knowledge gap in understanding and treating patients with acute or chronic dysfunction of the heart and kidneys and how one induces dysfunction in the other organ.Management of Advanced Heart Failure: An Overview
Understanding Cardiovascular Hemodynamics
Cardiorenal Syndromes
Diuretics in Heart Failure
Hyponatremia in Heart Failure and Ventricular Assist Device Patients
History of Durable Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices
Selection for Ventricular Assist Device Placement in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Effects of Ventricular Assist Device Therapies on Renal Function
Management of Hypertension after Ventricular Assist Device Implant
Right Ventricular Failure Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Renal Replacement Therapies in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Patient Selection for Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation
Outcomes with Combined Heart–Kidney Transplantation