TY - JOUR T1 - Addressing the challenges of cardiorenal syndrome JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 485 LP - 491 VL - 73 IS - 5 AU - Carrie Geisberg AU - Javed Butler Y1 - 2006/05/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/5/485.abstract N2 - In heart failure, as the heart gets worse, often so do the kidneys, complicating the treatment of heart failure and worsening the prognosis. This article addresses challenges in the use of diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, and other therapies in the cardiorenal syndrome, as well as novel therapies that hold promise, such as arginine vasopressin antagonists, adenosine A1 receptor antagonists, and ultrafiltration. ER -