Incidence and types of cardiorenal syndrome in Aswan University Hospital

Abstract

Background: Heart and renal disease are common, increasingly encountered and often co-exist. Half of patients with chronic heart failure develop cardiorenal syndrome (CRS), which have a poor prognosis. Objectives: to identify the prevalence of different types & risk factors associated with cardiorenal syndrome in patients presented in Aswan university hospitals. Methods: We included CRS patients with age ≥20 years old, not pregnant or lactating. We performed echocardiography and pelvic abdominal ultrasound to the included participants. Results: We included 100 participants, with average age 58.73 ± 14.81, half of them were male. The most common chronic diseases were hypertension (74.0%), and diabetes mellitus (63.0%). The prevalence of CRS type I, II, III, IV and V was 10%, 33.0%, 25.0%, 19.0%, and 13.0%, respectively. There was statistically significant relation between type of CRS and CKD (P= 0.011*).Conclusion: CRS type II had the highest prevalence of the CRS subtypes. Moreover, CKD and was a risk factor for CRS.