Background Aortic regurgitation (AR) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for
severe aortic valve stenosis results in major haemodynamic changes. Influence of post …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in the elderly and negatively impacts
survival and health status. Thus, nephrological competence is mandatory for a skilled …

Medication errors frequently occur in the treatment of patients with renal insufficiency and
can cause serious adverse events. Although computerized systems that adjust the drug …

Purpose Several studies investigated the association between the estimated glomerular
filtration rate (eGFR) and the concentration of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in patients …

The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of four commonly used
glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equations in an older, ethnically diverse sample …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in adults and contributes directly to
adverse clinical events, ranging from ischemic stroke to heart failure and cardiovascular …

We read with great interest the recently published paper by Hanlon et al. 1 On the basis of
their data, they suggest to estimate creatinine clearance using the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) …

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now a well-established treatment for
symptomatic aortic stenosis in high and intermediate risk patients, and studies demonstrated …

Ad esempio in pazienti con scompenso cardiaco la mortalità aumenta in modo drammatico
nel passaggio da una velocità di filtrazione glomerulare (GFR) di 60-90 ml/min/1, 73 m2 ad …