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  2. Cardiorenal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The heart and the kidneys are involved in maintaining hemodynamic stability and organ perfusion through an intricate network. Patients who have renal failure first may be hard to determine if heart failure is concurrent. [3] These two organs communicate with one another through a variety of pathways in an interdependent relationship.

  3. Mesoamerican nephropathy - Wikipedia

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    Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN) is an endemic, non-diabetic, non-hypertensive chronic kidney disease (CKD) characterized by reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with mild or no proteinuria and no features of known primary glomerular diseases.

  4. Renin–angiotensin system - Wikipedia

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    Locally expressed renin–angiotensin systems have been found in a number of tissues, including the kidneys, adrenal glands, the heart, vasculature and nervous system, and have a variety of functions, including local cardiovascular regulation, in association or independently of the systemic renin–angiotensin system, as well as non ...

  5. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura - Wikipedia

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    Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a blood disorder that results in blood clots forming in small blood vessels throughout the body. [2] This results in a low platelet count, low red blood cells due to their breakdown, and often kidney, heart, and brain dysfunction. [1]

  6. Autoregulation - Wikipedia

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    Homeometric autoregulation, in the context of the circulatory system, is the heart's ability to increase contractility and restore stroke volume when afterload increases. [6] Homeometric autoregulation occurs independently of cardiomyocyte fiber length, via the Bowditch and/or Anrep effects. [7]

  7. Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in ...

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    “When the heart function is bad, it’s really difficult to do a kidney transplant.” THE PIG ORGAN QUEST More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant waiting list, most who need a ...

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  9. Renal artery - Wikipedia

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    The arterial supply of the kidneys is variable and there may be one or more renal arteries supplying each kidney. [1] It is located above the renal vein. Supernumerary renal arteries (two or more arteries to a single kidney) are the most common renovascular anomaly, occurrence ranging from 25% to 40% of kidneys. [8]