Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
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Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Review
Author(s): Olutoyin M Lawal*, Oluseyi A Adejumo and Adenike C Enikuomehin
Abstract
The link between Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Cardio Vascular Disease
(CVD) has long been established. This association was first suggested by Richard
Bright in the early 19th century and has been substantiated in the intervening
years. However, the subject has been gaining more attention in recent years. CKD
has been termed cardiovascular risk equivalent, hence CKD is an independent
risk factor for CVD. CVD is higher in CKD patients compared with the general
population, the higher the CKD stage, the higher the CVD risk. CVD has been
found to be the major cause of mortality and significant contributor to morbidity
in CKD patients and it enhances the rapidity of progression of CKD in such
patients. CKD patients are more likely to succumb to CVD than the CKD itself.In spite of these well-established facts, the prevention, diagnosis and treatment
of cardiova..
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DOI:
10.37532/0976- 0113.13S(1).130
