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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. Renal physiology - Wikipedia

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    This illustration demonstrates the normal kidney physiology, including the Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT), Loop of Henle, and Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT). It also includes illustrations showing where some types of diuretics act, and what they do. Renal physiology (Latin renes, "kidneys") is the study of the physiology of the kidney.

  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. Ketogenic diets may accelerate aging of the heart and kidneys

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    The test group mostly ate Crisco, which contained 84% unsaturated fat and 14% saturated fat. ... The scientists saw that in some of the major body organs, including the heart and kidneys, the ...

  6. Organ (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The solid organs are the liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and adrenal glands. The hollow organs of the abdomen are the stomach, intestines, gallbladder, bladder, and rectum. [6] In the thoracic cavity, the heart is a hollow, muscular organ. [7] Splanchnology is the study of the viscera. [8]

  7. Can drinking ketones really improve heart health? What ... - AOL

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    People with type 2 diabetes who were given ketones before exercise had increased cardiac output, stroke volume, and peripheral muscle oxygenation, which are all indicators of improved heart function.

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

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    Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart ...

  9. Plasma renin activity - Wikipedia

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    Medications - Use of anti-hypertensive drugs, estrogen-containing forms of hormonal contraception, anti-anginals drugs, etc. (basically, most drugs that are active on the heart, blood vessels and/or the kidneys) Level of potassium; Level of creatinine (kidney failure can lead to false-positive ARR) Certain diseases of the heart, kidneys, etc.