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Blood pressure trial intervention shows mixed outcomes in chronic kidney disease patients

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Stanford University School of Medicineled researchers have found that intensive blood pressure (BP) control produces cardiovascular benefits and increases the risk of adverse events in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

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Bayer to Present New Investigational Heart Failure Data, Continued Portfolio Research in Chronic Kidney Disease at ACC.25

DAIC

Ten presentations will feature new data from the pivotal Phase III FINEARTS-HF cardiovascular (CV) outcomes trial, which investigated KERENDIA for treatingt adult patients with heart failure (HF) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 40%, i.e., mildly reduced LVEF (HFmrEF) or preserved LVEF (HFpEF). Additional ACC.25

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SUMMIT: No Impact From Baseline eGFR on HF Outcomes With Tirzepatide

American College of Cardiology

25 in Chicago and simultaneously published in JACC.

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Hemoglobin Levels Predict Renal Outcomes in Diabetic Kidney Disease

HCPLive

A study in China identified a negative and non-linear relationship between hemoglobin levels and a renal composite end point in patients with DKD.

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Urinary Prostaglandin E2 Excretion and the Risk of Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundInhibition of prostaglandin synthesis by nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs is associated with cardiovascular mortality and kidney disease. Longitudinal associations with cardiovascular mortality and kidney outcomes (eGFR <60 or <45 mL/min per 1.73

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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

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FDA Accepts, Grants Priority Review Designation for Bayer's msNRA for Patients with Heart Failure

DAIC

2 Most are balancing multiple comorbidities, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). In fact, a 2024 report on heart failure trends and outcomes published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure showed that in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, 5-year mortality was 75.7%.