Why do Chronic kidney disease patients have a high incidence of cardiovascular disease?
Patients with Chronic kidney disease have a substantial increase in cardiovascular risk and disease that can be in part explained by an increase in traditional risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
Chronic kidney disease alone is also an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Among patients with Chronic kidney disease, the risk of death, particularly due to cardiovascular disease, is much higher than the risk of eventually requiring dialysis.
Chronic kidney disease patients have worse outcomes from cardiovascular disease, including a higher mortality after acute myocardial infarction.
