BookAdel E. Berbari, Giuseppe Mancia (eds.).
Summary: Chronic kidney disease with a worldwide prevalence of 10% in the general population is emerging as a major public health priority. Renal dysfunction is associated with a high risk for cardiovascular complications. The relationship between renal insufficiency and cardiovascular disease, termed the cardiorenal syndrome exists whether impairment of renal function is a consequence of primary renal parenchymal disease or primary heart disease. This book provides a comprehensive update analysis of our current understanding of the cardiorenal syndrome including epidemiology pathophysiologic mechanism.
Contents:
Links between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease: a bidirectional relationship
Cardiorenal versus renocardiac syndrome
Non-pressure-related deleterious effects of excessive dietary sodium
Regulation of vascular and renal cells by common mediators in health and disease: role of the renin-angiotensin system in the pathophysiology of hypertension and cardiovascular disease
Cardiorenal continuum
Definition and classification of stages of chronic kidney disease: screening for chronic kidney disease
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in chronic kidney disease: traditional, nontraditional and uremia-related threats
Increased levels of urinary albumin: a cardiovascular risk factor and a target for treatment
Microalbuminuria and kidney disease: an evidence-based perspective
Cardiometabolic syndrome
Diabetes mellitus: is the presence of nephropathy important as a cardiovascular risk factor for cardioneral syndrome?
Cardiovascular disease: coronary artery disease and coronary artery calcification
Cardiomyopathy in chronic kidney disease and in end-stage renal disease
Pathophysiological mechanisms and prognostic significance of renal functional impairment in cardiac patients
Stroke
Uremic toxins
Endothelial dysfunction, nitric oxide bioavailability, and asymmetric dimethyl arginine
Pathophysiologic link between artherosclerosis and nephrosclerosis
Aortic stiffness, kidney disease, and renal transplantation
Disturbed calcium-phosphorus metabolism/arterial calcifications: consequences on cardiovascular function and clinical outcome
Role of neurohormonal activation in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in chronic kidney disease
Impaired autonomic blood pressure and blood volume control in chronic renal failure
Role of novel biomarkers in chronic kidney disease: urotensin II
Role of novel biomarkers in chronic kidney disease: renalase
Diabetic kidney disease
Nondiabetic kidney disease
Approaches in the management of patients with chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease
Trends in the management of cardiac patients with renal functional impairment.