Penn researchers present findings on cardiac risks for patients with chronic kidney disease

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Chronic kidney disease (CKD), which afflicts more than 26 million Americans, is a condition in which individuals experience a slow loss of kidney function over time. At the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2015, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present findings from their analysis of the chronic renal insufficiently cohort study to evaluate risk markers for adverse cardiac events in patients with CKD.
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