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Anemia Increases Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease in IgA Nephropathy

HCPLive

An analysis of more than 800 IgAN patients treated from 2002-2021 provides an overview of factors associated with anmeia as well as its impact on pgronosis.

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Prognostic impact of switching to the 2021 chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration creatinine-based equation in Caucasian patients with type 2 diabetes: the Renal Insufficiency and Cardiovascular events (RIACE) Italian Multicenter Study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

A Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Epidemiology Collaboration (EPI) formula not including a Black race coefficient has been recently developed and is now recommended in the US. The new (2021) equation was shown to.

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Trends in prognosis and use of SGLT2i and GLP-1 RA in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Research design and methods All patients with diabetes and CAD undergoing a coronary angiography between 2010 and 2021 according to the Swedish Angiography and Angioplasty Registry were included. vs. 10.5%) and chronic kidney disease (3.7% vs. 6.8%), myocardial infarction (7.7%

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Discontinuation and reinitiation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

European Journal of Heart Failure

Methods and results Patients with HFrEF enrolled in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry between 2006 and 2021 were linked to the Prescribed Drug Register. Point prevalent use has been described, but the kinetics of discontinuation and the extent of reinitiation have not been studied.

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Diagnostic value of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) in dialysis patients with myocardial infarction

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Background As a sensitive diagnostic marker for myocardial infarction (MI) in people with normal renal function, elevated high sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) was often found in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients requiring dialysis.

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The Cardiometabolic Event of the Year: What to Expect at the 19th Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC) 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Practical, Future-Focused Education Cardiorenal and metabolic diseases, fueled by poor lifestyle choices and health conditions, lead to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease. Ferdinand, MD , ‘Boston Magazine’s 2021 Top Doctor’ Deepak L. The future of care demands a holistic approach.

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Characterisation of the octogenarians presenting to the diagnostic heart failure clinic: SHEAF registry

Open Heart

Results Data were collected in April 2012 to January 2014 and in June 2021 to December 2022. Frailty, chronic kidney disease and ischaemic heart disease increased significantly versus the first period (p<0.001). Statistical significance is determined at p<0.05. and 29.2%, p<0.001).