The cardiorenal syndrome: what the cardiologist needs to know.

The Cardiorenal Syndrome: What the Cardiologist Needs to Know

Interactions between the heart and the kidneys are increasingly acknowledged among both cardiologists and nephrologists. The term cardiorenal syndrome now applies to the bidirectional nature of how disease in one organ system affects the function of the other organ system. Cardiovascular disease is a major threat to patients with chronic kidney disease, while renal dysfunction is prevalent in p...

Nitric oxide mediated the effects of nebivolol in cardiorenal syndrome

Objective(s): Despite several proposed mechanisms for the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome (CRS), the exact mechanism remains unclear. Nitrosative stress has been argued as a key mechanism recently. Nebivolol is a beta-blocker with nitric oxide (NO)-releasing effect. In the present study, NO-mediated effects of two different treatment regimes of nebivolol in CRS...

Assessment of diastolic function: what the general cardiologist needs to know.

What the practicing cardiologist needs to know about genetics and heart disease

As the inherited basis of some cardiovascular diseases have begun to be uncovered, a practical understanding of genetics has become important for the cardiologist. The advent of new studies on the inherited contributions to common traits and the emergence of genetic testing for a broad range of cardiac and vascular conditions will only increase the need for fluency in genetics. In this article ...

Superior Capsule Reconstruction: What Do We Know?

The management of irreparable rotator cuff tears remains challenging. Since its introduction by Mihata in 2012, superiorcapsule reconstruction (SCR) has grown in popularity at an astonishingly rapid rate. The aim of this article is to providea comprehensive review of the available literature, in order to highlight what has so far been published on SCR,covering all aspects including biomechanica...