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Overnight dialysis boosts kidney health -- while reducing risk of heart disease
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) Receiving dialysis at home while sleeping not only improves kidney health and quality of life for people with kidney disease, it could also decrease their risk of heart disease, says new study presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Statins in patients with CKD prove beneficial in reducing cardiovascular events and mortality but show no benefit in patients on dialysis
Commentary on: Palmer SC, Craig JC, Navaneethan SD, et al.. Benefits and harms of statin therapy for persons with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2012;157:263–75. Context High-quality evidence suggests that chronic kidney disease (CKD) should now be considered a coronary heart disease (CHD) risk equivalent. Although statin therapy consistently reduces coronary events in the general population, the clinical benefits of lipid lowering in persons with CKD are less certain. Although multiple studies have shown possible benefit from statin therapy in early-stage CKD patients, ...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - September 19, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Krishnan, S., Jacobson, T. A. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Immunology (including allergy), Drugs: cardiovascular system, Stroke, Interventional cardiology, Ischaemic heart disease, Renal medicine Therapeutics Source Type: research

Evaluation of cardiovascular disease burden and therapeutic goal attainment in US adults with chronic kidney disease: an analysis of national health and nutritional examination survey data, 2001--2010
Conclusions: Individuals with CKD have a high prevalence of CV-related comorbidities. However, attainment of LDL-C or BP goals was low regardless of disease stage. These findings highlight the potential for intensive risk factor modification to maximize CV event reduction in CKD patients at high risk for CHD.
Source: BMC Nephrology - June 27, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Andreas KuznikJack MardekianLisa Tarasenko Source Type: research

Renal physiology and kidney stones
Conclusions: The occurrence of a kidney stone is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events including AMI, death due to CHD,PTCA/CABG and stroke. These data suggest that people with a clinically recognized kidney stone should be followed more closely to evaluate for the possibility of subsequent cardiovascular events -- younger people and women.
Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - May 10, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Alexander, R. T., Samuel, S., Wiebe, N., Bello, A., Klarenbach, S., Curhan, G. C., Tonelli, M., Hemmelgarn, B., Mingione, A., Terranegra, A., Aloia, A., Arcidiacono, T., Brasacchio, C., Hou, J., Dell'Antonio, G., Vezzoli, G., Soldati, L., Shimizu, T., Has Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research

Serum n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile as an Independent Predictor of Cardiovascular Events in Hemodialysis Patients
Conclusions: In hemodialysis patients, serum PUFA profile is unfavorably altered, and the low n-3-PUFA:AA ratios are independent predictors of CVD.
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases - April 19, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tetsuo Shoji, Ryusuke Kakiya, Tomoshige Hayashi, Yoshihiro Tsujimoto, Mika Sonoda, Hideaki Shima, Katsuhito Mori, Shinya Fukumoto, Hideki Tahara, Atushi Shioi, Tsutomu Tabata, Masanori Emoto, Yoshiki Nishizawa, Masaaki Inaba Tags: Dialysis Source Type: research

Cardiovascular risk in women attending primary care centres: baseline data of the EVA study
Conclusions Four in 10 women attending primary care centres had a high or very high cardiovascular risk. Percentages of classic cardiovascular risk factors were higher in HT than in NHT and increased significantly with age. The most commonly used drugs were renin–angiotensin system blockers and diuretics.
Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - December 20, 2012 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Fernandez-Vega, F., Prieto-Diaz, M. A., Redondo, M., Garcia-Norro, F. J., Suliman, N., Diaz, A., Vidal, C., Rodriguez, J. M., Montero, F. J., Gonzalez, M. B., Suarez, S., Garcia, J. J., Redondo, P. Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

P113 * Clinical outcomes following double and triple valve surgery in Hong Kong
Conclusion: Patient requiring double and triple valve surgeries represent a heterogeneous and complex group of patients. They are a significant portion of patients undergoing valve surgery in our Institution. Outcomes in comparison to pre-operative risk scores and International Databases are satisfactory.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements - February 23, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wong, H. L., Ng, S. H., Kwok, W. T., Yeung, C. L., Yu, S. Y., Wan, Y. P., Wan, S., Underwood, M. J., Bai, W. J., Li, H., Tang, H., Wang, H., Rao, L., Li, H., Bai, W. J., Chen, Y., Tang, H., Peng, Y., Rao, L., Park, Y. H., Han, D. C., Sohn, C. B., Kim, J. Tags: Valvular Heart Disease Source Type: research

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