Nickan Research Institute Journal of Renal Endocrinology 2423-6438 7 1 2021 01 01 Congestive kidney failure; recent knowledge and new trends e17 e17 10.34172/jre.2021.17 EN Mehrdad Rabiee Rad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6800-6925 Ghazal Ghasempour Dabaghi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9850-874X Shakiba Hassanzadeh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5091-5191 Journal Article 10.34172/jre.2021.17 2021 07 11 2021 08 19 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.