PMID- 1680467
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19911121
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1197-8554 (Print)
IS  - 1197-8554 (Linking)
VI  - 7
DP  - 1991
TI  - CAPD: a successful treatment in patients suffering from therapy-resistant 
      congestive heart failure.
PG  - 97-101
AB  - During the last six years 13 patients suffering from congestive heart failure 
      (CHF), refractory to conventional medical treatment and classified class IV as 
      defined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA), were treated with continuous 
      ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) (1) at Innsbruck University Hospital, 
      Department of Internal Medicine. All patients required intensive care and were 
      end-stage. The minimum observation period was six weeks, maximum 67 months. 
      Cardiac recompensation was effected in all patients, who were stabilized in class 
      II after NYHA. The patient with the shortest observation period of six weeks 
      received an orthotopic heart transplant. None of the patients died of a 
      CAPD-associated complication. All patients were restored to a normal life style 
      without major dependence on outside help. The occurrence and treatment of the 
      prerenal kidney failure that causes life-threatening problems in end-stage CHF 
      should be subject to further study with regard to its clinical course and the 
      determination of plasma-ANF, plasma-renin and plasma-aldosterone concentration.
FAU - Konig, P S
AU  - Konig PS
AD  - Department of Clinical Nephrology, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
FAU - Lhotta, K
AU  - Lhotta K
FAU - Kronenberg, F
AU  - Kronenberg F
FAU - Joannidis, M
AU  - Joannidis M
FAU - Herold, M
AU  - Herold M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Canada
TA  - Adv Perit Dial
JT  - Advances in peritoneal dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis
JID - 9104803
RN  - 4964P6T9RB (Aldosterone)
RN  - 85637-73-6 (Atrial Natriuretic Factor)
RN  - EC 3.4.23.15 (Renin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aldosterone/blood
MH  - Atrial Natriuretic Factor/blood
MH  - Blood Pressure
MH  - Electrocardiography
MH  - Heart Failure/blood/physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory/methods
MH  - Renin/blood
EDAT- 1991/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1991/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1991/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Adv Perit Dial. 1991;7:97-101.