Cardiovascular Disease

The National Kidney Foundation honored Susan Hedayati, MD, MHSc, with the Shaul G. Massry Distinguished Lecture at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings, according to a press release.

Adults with a genetically predicted high BMI may have a lower risk for cardiovascular disease than those whose obesity is linked more to environmental factors, according to a study published in eClinicalMedicine.

Dietary supplements are big business in the United States and elsewhere, especially when it comes to products marketed to support CV health.

Chronic kidney disease occurs commonly in patients with hypertension and diabetes, and is also associated with acute kidney failure, intrinsic kidney disorders and family history of chronic kidney disease.

Women with greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet had a significantly reduced risk for CVD and total mortality, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Heart.

Among patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, finerenone treatment may provide cardiovascular benefits, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

The presence of kidney lesions correlates with a risk for heart disease in patients who have chronic kidney disease, according to data published in JAMA Cardiology.

Hypertension is one of the most common risk factors for CVD, and despite numerous therapies existing, rates of uncontrolled hypertension have risen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.