Medicine

M. Sarnak, A. Levey, A. Schoolwerth, J. Coresh, B. Culleton, L. Hamm, P. McCullough, B. Kasiske, E. Kelepouris, M. Klag, P. Parfrey, M. Pfeffer, L. Raij, D. Spinosa, P. Wilson

2003.10.28HYPERTENSION

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000095676.90936.80

tlooto Summary

There was a high prevalence of CVD in CKD and that mortality due to CVD was 10 to 30 times higher in dialysis patients than in the general population, and the task force recommended that patients with CKD be considered in the “highest risk group” for subsequent CVD events.

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SARNAK, M., et al. Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: A statement from the american heart association councils on kidney in cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure research, clinical cardiology, and epidemiology and prevention. HYPERTENSION, 2003, 42 5: 1050–65.