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ReviewJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2026

Management of Dialysis for Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Carl P Walther, Ajith P Nair

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Review in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Carl P WaltherSection of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0003-0219-2870
Ajith P NairSection of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Funding

The kidney in advanced heart failure and durable mechanical circulatory support: phenotypes, prediction, and pathophysiologyK23DK122131 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WALTHER, CARL · 2020 to 2024
$922k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK122131NIDDK NIH HHS K23DK122131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanical circulatory support is used to augment circulatory flow in cardiogenic shock and end-stage heart failure. Support can last from hours for temporary mechanical circulatory support to years for durable mechanical circulatory support. The physiologic relationship of heart and kidney function and the epidemic of cardio-kidney-metabolic disease lead to frequent use of simultaneous mechanical circulatory support and extracorporeal KRT (dialysis). The need for dialysis can range from short periods of AKI in cardiogenic shock to long-term dialysis for individuals who receive left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for destination therapy in advanced heart failure and progress to CKD G5 with replacement therapy. Changes in technology, clinical evidence, and organ transplantation have led to major changes in mechanical circulatory support use. With temporary mechanical circulatory support, devices and clinical situations vary widely, with intra-aortic balloon pumps, microaxial flow pumps, and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation providing different levels of circulatory support. Considerations for dialysis, whether for AKI or CKD G5, are discussed. In durable mechanical circulatory support, LVADs are now used primarily for permanent therapy, and most LVAD recipients survive for more than 5 years, time in which kidney dysfunction can develop or progress. Outpatient dialysis with LVADs is performed for both AKI and for CKD G5, with in-center intermittent hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or home hemodialysis. This article discusses considerations specific to dialysis in temporary and durable circulatory support, including the challenging aspects of volume management and complication risks. Concurrent mechanical circulatory support and dialysis present diverse clinical challenges in patients with complex medical needs. Meeting this challenge requires close cooperation and shared decision making incorporating cardiologists, nephrologists, other medical professionals, patients, and their caregivers.

Indexed as

Heart-Assist DevicesHeart FailureKidney Failure, ChronicRenal DialysisShock, CardiogenicAcute Kidney InjuryHumanscardiorenal syndromedialysisheart failure

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PMID41563801
PMCPMC12935348

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