The knowledge about the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome has evolved remarkably over the past two decades. However, cardiorenal syndrome is only one subject within a much broader field of nephrocardiology, which encompasses the interconnection between nephrology and cardiovascular medicine from nine different standpoints of pathophysiology, epidemiology, prevention, prognosis, diagnosis, therapy, monitoring, risk factors and systemic diseases. The complexities of these nine elements of the interaction between nephrology and cardiovascular medicine are not adequately addressed in either of those two fields of medicine. Nephrocardiology is an emerging field in medicine aiming at addressing those subtleties to improve prognosis and quality of life of a large and vulnerable patient population with combined cardiovascular and nephrology related conditions.

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从心肾综合征到肾心脏病学：探索肾病学与心血管医学相互关联的旅程

在过去的二十年里，关于心肾综合征病理生理学的知识有了显着的发展。然而，心肾综合征只是更广泛的肾心脏病学领域中的一个主题，该领域涵盖了肾病学和心血管医学之间从病理生理学、流行病学、预防、预后、诊断、治疗、监测、危险因素和全身性疾病九个不同角度的相互联系。肾脏病学和心血管医学之间相互作用的这九个要素的复杂性在这两个医学领域都没有得到充分解决。肾心脏病学是一个新兴的医学领域，旨在解决这些微妙之处，以改善大量患有心血管和肾脏病相关疾病的弱势患者群体的预后和生活质量。