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Enhancing Cardiovascular Health in End-Stage Kidney Disease, with Maya N. Clark-Cutaia, PhD, RN

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Clark-Cutaia, PhD, ACNP-BC, RN, highlights strategies to improve cardiovascular disease-related outcomes in patients with ESKD.

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Advance in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Identified

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The drug, dapagliflozin, was initially approved for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, but it since has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and death in patients with serious health problems that include heart and chronic kidney disease and heightened cardiovascular risk.

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STEMI with Life-Threatening Hypokalemia and Incessant Torsades de Pointes

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He also had a history of chronic kidney disease, stage III. Angio had shown some acute disease in the saphenous vein graft to the posterior descending artery off of the RCA. Serum Magnesium and Potassium in Acute Myocardial Infarction Influence on Ventricular Arrhythmias Henryk Kafka, MD; Lorrie Langevin, RN; Paul W.

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