In patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with haemodialysis or peritoneal
dialysis, hypertension is common and often poorly controlled. Blood pressure (BP) …

Coronary heart disease is an important source of mortality and morbidity among kidney
transplantation and liver transplantation candidates and recipients and is driven by …

Background There is much uncertainty regarding the relative effects of angiotensin-
converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) in …

Blood pressure (BP) and volume control are critical components of dialysis care and have
substantial impacts on patient symptoms, quality of life, and cardiovascular complications …

Hemodialysis patients carry a large burden of cardiovascular disease; most onerous is the
high risk for sudden cardiac death. Defining sudden cardiac death among hemodialysis …

Nearly 500 000 individuals are treated with maintenance hemodialysis for kidney failure in
the United States, and roughly half will die of cardiovascular causes. Hypertension, an …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) represents a major cause of death in end-stage kidney
disease (ESKD). The precise estimate of its incidence is difficult to establish because studies …

Patients with non–dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) are 10 times
more likely to die of cardiovascular (CV) diseases than the general population, and dialysis …

Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis develop both structural and functional
cardiovascular abnormalities. Despite improvement of dialysis technology, cardiovascular …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a high prevalence of cerebrovascular
disorders such as stroke, white matter diseases, intracerebral microbleeds and cognitive …