Rates of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities in Patients with CKD and Diabetes.

CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac rhythm abnormalities are common in patients with diabetes with moderate to severe CKD not requiring dialysis. Rates of atrial fibrillation are high and episodes are asymptomatic. Future studies are needed to determine the role of screening and upstream therapy of cardiac arrhythmias in this group. PODCAST: This article contains a podcast at https://www.asn-online.org/media/podcast/CJASN/2019_03_19_CJASNPodcast_19_04_.mp3. PMID: 30890578 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research