Table 1.

Patient 1 treatment course for a 76-year-old female, 71 kg, with renal failure due to glomerulonephritis and with heart failure

Date	Echocardiographic data	Dialysis and cardiac medication	Symptoms
November 2014	EF < 20%	PD, Biventricular pacemaker	Blackout, SOB, 20 kg overloaded, mobility scooter
March 2015	EF 10%	ICHD, all meds stopped	Blacking out on HD, very low BP, increased overload
October 2015	EF 17.8%	4 times a week, small dose β-blocker (4 h, 40 L)	Not lowering BP, slowly reducing weight
February 2016	EF 31%	6 times a week at home, increase β-blocker (2.5 h, 20 L)	No oedema, maintaining BP, walking
June 2017	EF 35%	5 times a week at home (3 h, 30 L)	Improved mobility, stick only, not SOB

ICHD, in-center HD; SOB, shortness of breath.