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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 14-31Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02954.x
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects around 1013% of the general population, with only a small proportion in end stage renal disease (ESRD), either on dialysis or awaiting renal transplantation. It is well documented that CKD patients have an extremely high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with the general population, so much so that in the early stages of CKD patients are more likely to develop CVD than they are to progress to ESRD. Various pathophysiological pathways and explanations have been advanced and suggested to account for this, including endothelial dysfunction, dyslipidaemia, inflammation, left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiac autonomic dysfunction. In this review, we try to understand and further explore the link between CKD and CVD, as well as offering interventional advice where available, while exposing the current lack of RCT-based research and trial evidence in this area. We also suggest pragmatic Interim measures we could take while we wait for definitive RCTs.
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