लेखक: Michael R. Rudnick

Chaitanya R. Desai, MD Director, Nephrology Solid Organ Transplantation and Advanced Heart Failure Therapies Kidney, Heart, Lung transplant and HF/VAD programs Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, Illinois   William G. Cotts, MD, FACC, FACP, FAH Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois Clinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, Il     Edgar V. Lerma, MD, FACP, FASN, FAHA, FASH, FNLA, FNKF, FASDIN, FPSN (Hon)* Clinical Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Associates in Nephrology, SC Chicago, IL   Michael R. Rudnick, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine Philadelphia  PA