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. 1986 Apr;55(4):344-7.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.55.4.344.

Ultrafiltration in the management of refractory congestive heart failure

I A Simpson, A P Rae, K Simpson, J Gribben, J M Boulton Jones, M E Allison, I Hutton

Ultrafiltration in the management of refractory congestive heart failure

I A Simpson et al. Br Heart J. 1986 Apr.

Abstract

Ultrafiltration was performed in nine patients with congestive cardiac failure that was refractory to conventional medical treatment. A mean of 12 X 7 litres of fluid was removed, and there was a sustained symptomatic improvement in all patients. Weight loss continued after ultrafiltration and a sustained increase in serum sodium concentration was also noted. A transient fall in right atrial pressure was seen only at four hours after ultrafiltration. No adverse haemodynamic effects were seen four and eighteen hours after fluid removal. Intracardiac dimensions measured by echocardiography remained unchanged. Ultrafiltration can be used to relieve symptoms in patients with refractory congestive heart failure and gross oedema.

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