Kevin Damman

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New European guidelines urge every heart patient to be tested for kidney disease

Associate Professor at University Medical Centre Groningen, Netherlands

In European medicine, the heart and kidney have been treated as separate problems. The first-ever joint guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology and the European Renal Association now treat them as one system that damages itself in a two-way cycle: kidney disease accelerates heart disease, and heart disease accelerates kidney failure.

Updated Sep 7

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The disability and lifetime lost to each disease are profound, but CKD can accelerate CVD and vice versa, resulting in cardiovascular events and the need for dialysis much earlier in life.

from New European guidelines urge every heart patient to be tested for kidney disease · Updated Sep 7

Early use of drugs called RAS inhibitors and SGLT2 inhibitors alongside statin-based therapy is particularly important and effective.

from New European guidelines urge every heart patient to be tested for kidney disease · Updated Sep 7