SuddenCardiacDeathinESRD
This risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with ESRD is substantial and estimated to be ~25% in patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. There is active research exploring the mechanism for this excessive mortality burden. Rapid fluid shifts, electrolyte flux during dialysis treatments and altered CKD pathophysiology are all possible etiologies of sudden cardiac death in patients with ESRD. The primary prevention of arrhythmia-mediated sudden cardiac death in patients with ESRD is an area of ongoing investigation.
One of the last sessions of ASN Kidney Week was “New Methods to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in ESRD Clinical Practice” or, in other words, as Tariq Shafi
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