Ventricular-Assist Devices and Kidney Disease

Chaitanya R. Desai, MDDirector, NephrologySolid Organ Transplantation and Advanced Heart Failure TherapiesKidney, Heart, Lung transplant and HF/VAD programsAdvocate Christ Medical CenterOak Lawn, Illinois William G. Cotts, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHClinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of IllinoisClinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical AssistanceAdvocate Christ Medical CenterOak Lawn, Il  Edgar V. Lerma, MD, FACP, FASN, FAHA, FASH, FNLA, FNKF, FASDIN, FPSN (Hon)*Clinical Professor of MedicineSection of NephrologyUniversity of Illinois at Chicago College of MedicineAssociates in Nephrology, SCChicago, IL Michael R. Rudnick, MDAssociate Professor of MedicinePenn Presbyterian Medical CenterDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine Philadelphia  PA

• Chapter 1 Management of Advanced Heart Failure: An Overview.- Chapter 2 Understanding Cardiovascular Hemodynamics.- Chapter 3 Cardiorenal Syndromes.- Chapter 4 Diuretics in Heart Failure.- Chapter 5 Hyponatremia in Heart Failure and Ventricular Assist Device Patients.- Chapter 6 Overview of Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Technical and Clinical Perspectives.- Chapter 7 Selection for Ventricular Assist Device Placement in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.- Chapter 8 Effects of Ventricular Assist Device Therapies on Renal Function.- Chapter 9 Management of Hypertension after Ventricular Assist Device Implant.- Chapter 10 Right Ventricular Failure Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.- Chapter 11 Renal Replacement Therapies in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices.- Chapter 12 Patient selection for combined heart and kidney transplantation.- Chapter 13 Outcomes with combined heart kidney transplantation.