- People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more likely to get heart disease.
- Using proteomics, the analysis of proteins, researchers developed a model to predict cardiovascular disease in CKD patients.
- The model was found to be more accurate than current methods for establishing risk.
- Researchers also identified several proteins that could be developed into future therapies.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among people with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
CKD has five
About half of CKD patients in stage 4 and 5 have CVD according to a 2021
“Rates of cardiovascular disease are extraordinarily high in patients with chronic kidney disease,” Dr. Nisha Bansal, an associate professor in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, explained to Medical News Today. “And this risk extends beyond sort of what we consider traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease so there’s something we believe different about cardiovascular pathophysiology in this specific population.”
Health practitioners have limited tools for measuring cardiac risk for CKD patients. In 2013, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, developed the Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE) to assess cardiovascular risk.
However, the original
An effort led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a new risk model for cardiovascular disease in CKD patients. The researchers say it is more accurate than current methods of measuring cardiac risk…
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