Mehrdad Rabiee Rad
1 
, Ghazal Ghasempour Dabaghi
1 , Shakiba Hassanzadeh
2* 1 School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran.
2 Nickan Research Institute, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
One of the possible causes of renal failure due to heart failure is congestive kidney failure (CKF). Venous congestion has a key role in the development of renal dysfunction and damage in patients with heart failure. This condition is named congestive nephropathy. In this mini-review the common causes of congestive kidney failure, its pathophysiology, histopathological changes and treatment are discussed.