[Clinical and hemodynamic effectiveness of isolated ultrafiltration in the treatment of patients with severe cardiac insufficiency].

A study was made of the clinical and hemodynamic efficacy of a session or a course of isolated ultrafiltration (IUF) and a relationship of changes of the central and peripheral hemodynamics with the activity of the renin-aldosterone system in patients with severe cardiac insufficiency. Two groups of patients were singled out differing in their hemodynamic and hormonal response to the first IUF session that might be due to a different level of adaptation mechanisms acting in the interference in disturbed homeostasis.