Introduction and objectives: To evaluate the use of health care resources and their cost according to the effects of kidney failure in heart failure patients during 2-year follow-up in a population setting. Methods: Observational retrospective study based on a review of medical records. The study included patients 45 years treated for heart failure from 2008 to 2010. The patients were divided i...

Jesús Marı́a de la Hera,* José Manuel Garcı́a-Ruiz, and Elı́as Delgado Unidad de Imagen Cardiaca, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain Unidad de Cuidados Cardiológicos Agudos, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain c Servicio de Endocrinologı́a, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Facultad de Med...