CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN END-STAGE RENAL FAILURE by Joseph Loscalzo (Editor), Gerard London (Editor) ( 9780192629876 )

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CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN END-STAGE RENAL FAILURE

By:

Joseph Loscalzo (Editor), Gerard London (Editor)

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0192629875

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

15 June, 2000

Series:

Oxford Clinical Nephrology Series

Pages:

510

Description:

Studies have shown that half of all dialysis patient deaths can be attributed to cardiovascular disease. This book gives a comprehensive review of the principal cardiovascular complications in patients with end-stage renal disease. It discusses causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Increased prevelance of diabetes and vascular disease amongst an ageing population with end-stage renal disease has made this a topic of extreme importance in nephrology world-wide.The book is directed at nephrologists, cardiologists and internists who care for these patients.

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A better understanding of the pathophysiology of renal failure coupled with technological advances in dialysis techniques and renal transplantation have greatly improved the prognosis and survival for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Unfortunately, the advances and success of treatment are limited by a number of extrarenal complications that can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Of these, cardiovascular abnormalities are the most common, with cardiac complications alone accounting for more than 40% of deaths in international registries. The importance of cardiovascular complications has become more apparent in recent years with the increased prevalence of diabetes mellitus and vascular nephropathy and with the general ageing of patients with ESRD. The past decade has witnessed enormous advances in understanding the causes and pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease, and their diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.It is, therefore, of importance for physicians caring for patients with end- stage renal failure to understand the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications, to become familiar with modern diagnostic tools and techniques, and to recognise and treat these complications. The goal of this text is to provide a comprehensive review of the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of the principal cardiovascular complications in patients with chronic renal failure. The text is intended to assist nephrologists, cardiologists, and internists who care for these patients. The book includes nineteen chapters and is organised in three parts. The first includes three chapters dealing with the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in patients with end-sage renal failure. The second comprises eight chapters on the basic pathophysiology and pathobiology of cardiovascular diseases in the setting of end- stage renal failure. The third includes eight chapters focusing on clinical manifestations and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in patients with end-stage renal failure and their management.

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