Cardiorenal Syndrome Mechanisms, Risk and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berbari, Adel E. (Editor), Mancia, Giuseppe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Nephrology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Accelerated cardiovascular disease is a frequent complication of chronic kidney disease. Individuals with evidence of renal functional impairment are more likely to die of cardiovascular events than to progress to end stage renal disease. This relationship, which has been termed the cardiorenal synd...