Why the study?
Does continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis provide effective long-term management for intractable congestive heart failure?
Does continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis provide effective long-term management for intractable congestive heart failure?
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis can be a viable long-term therapy for patients with intractable congestive heart failure.
May support peritoneal dialysis in select refractory HF cases; leaves open confirmation of efficacy and safety in prospective trials.
This article reports the treatment with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis of a patient with intractable congestive heart failure secondary to an ischemic cardiomyopathy. Although the use of peritoneal dialysis to treat refractory heart failure is not new, the advent of an effective continuous peritoneal dialysis system has allowed its use over prolonged periods of time. The two-year treatment interval described herein represents the longest reported application of this technique, to the best of our knowledge.
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James McKinnie (1985) studied this question.