Overview
Discusses the evidence for best management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the context of cardiorenal syndrome (CRS), as well as the reasons for the complex interplay between the cardiac and renal systems?
Addresses the issue of organizing healthcare to maximize the opportunities for prevention and best economic returns
Builds upon cutting edge initiatives at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): Same or Different?
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Front Matter
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CKD Complicating Cardiovascular Presentations, Treatment and Outcome
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Keywords
- Anticoagulation
- Arrhythmia
- Arterial Stiffening
- CKD
- CVD
- Calcification
- Cardio-renal
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Diabetes
- Epicardial coronary heart disease
- FGF23
- MRA inhibition
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Renal denervation
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- Uric acid
- Vitamin D
- Volume overload
- heart failure
- oxidative stress
About this book
​​​​​​​​In modern medicine, the aging population is prone to many simultaneous cardiovascular (CV) risk factors which often produce co-incident pathology. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the interaction between Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Diabetes and diverse CV diseases (CVD). This is a complex and challenging area, as the presence of CKD/diabetes promotes CVD while also complicating its treatment. The emergence of CKD as a public health priority is one of the most challenging problems of modern medicine. It is now solidly established that renal dysfunction portends a high risk for cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular diseases remains the main cause of death in western societies and the amplification of the death risk conveyed by coexisting CKD, even though still poorly understood, appears considerable. The bidirectional link that associates renal and cardiovascular diseases, the high risk of the death signalled by their coexistence and the considerable epidemiological burden imposed by this link is at the basis of the emergence of a new discipline aiming at making the borders between nephrology and cardiovascular medicine even more permeable than before. The term Cardio-Renal Syndrome was coined around 5 years ago to try to formalize this link, and act as a stimulus to interaction between clinical teams, researchers and others to achieve better management and outcomes for all.
This book takes clinical presentations and clinical problems as its base, and then discuss the evidence for best management of common clinical problems as well as the reasons for the complex interplay between the cardiac and renal systems. Moreover, it addresses the issue of organizing healthcare to maximize the opportunities for prevention and best healthcare economic returns, building on cutting edge initiatives at the Karolinska, Stockholm.
The book will be of immediate value and interest to all cardiologists and renal physicians.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cardio-Renal Clinical Challenges
Editors: David Goldsmith, Adrian Covic, Jonas Spaak
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09162-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09161-7Published: 01 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34870-4Published: 22 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09162-4Published: 12 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 234
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nephrology, Cardiology, Diabetes