Journal of Personalized Medicine Review Cardiorenal Syndrome: Emerging Role of Medical Imaging for Clinical Diagnosis and Management Ling Lin 1 , Xuhui Zhou 2,* , Ilona A. Dekkers 1 and Hildo J. Lamb 1 1 Cardiovascular Imaging Group (CVIG), Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +86-755-83982222 Abstract: Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) concerns the interconnection between heart and kidneys in which the dysfunction of one organ leads to abnormalities of the other. The main clinical challenges associated with cardiorenal syndrome are the lack of tools for early diagnosis, prognosis, and evaluation of therapeutic effects. Ultrasound, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging are increasingly used for clinical management of cardiovascular and renal diseases. In the last decade, rapid development of imaging techniques provides a number of promising biomarkers for functional evaluation and tissue characterization. This review summarizes the applicability as well as the future technological potential of each imaging modality in the assessment of CRS. Furthermore, opportunities for a comprehensive imaging approach for the evaluation of CRS are defined. Citation: Lin, L.; Zhou, X.; Dekkers, Keywords: cardiorenal syndrome; imaging biomarker; tissue characterization I.A.; Lamb, H.J. Cardiorenal Syndrome: Emerging Role of Medical Imaging for Clinical Diagnosis and Management. J. Pers. Med. 2021, 11, 1. Introduction 734. https://doi.org/10.3390/ Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is an umbrella term describing the interactions between jpm11080734 concomitant cardiac and renal dysfunctions, in which acute or chronic dysfunction of one organ may induce or precipitate dysfunction of the other [1].