Chronic Kidney Disease News

Plant-based protein may preserve kidney function and help manage chronic kidney disease in certain patients, but current research remains limited to inform clinical direction, according to published data.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC, FAHA, co-chair of the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference, discusses the accomplishments of the meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — A variety of pharmacologic and device-based approaches provides hope for effective and safe treatment of resistant hypertension, which can be “tedious but important” to diagnose, according to a speaker.

PHILADELPHIA — Direct oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation are safe in most high-risk populations, a speaker said during the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.

Finerenone, a nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, may improve CV risk among patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease and those with albuminuria, according to a FIDELITY substudy published in JAMA Cardiology.

Multifaceted quality improvement interventions may prevent hemodialysis catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the ICU, however, more research is needed, according to published data.

Remission induction strategies based on rituximab and cyclophosphamide each demonstrate similar risks for kidney failure and death in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

PHILADELPHIA — Peripheral artery disease is often the first manifestation of CVD in patients with type 2 diabetes, and represents a “unique” malignant phenotype, a speaker said during the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.

Intravenous iron therapy did not improve exercise capacity in nonanemic patients with iron deficiency who have chronic kidney disease, according to recently published data.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, MACE, co-chair of the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference, discusses the mission and purpose of the meeting.