Cardio Renal Disease, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics (Volume 23-3) (The Clinics: Internal Medicine, Volume 23-3)

This book examines chronic kidney disease and its cardiovascular implications. Articles discuss management of peripheral arterial disease; hypertension; vascular access in hemodialysis; congestive heart failure; epidemiology of coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial disease; percutaneous coronary interventions in the high-risk renal patient with renal failure; pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in renal failure; relavance of oxidative pathways; the kidney transplant recipient; managing cardiovascular disease in the dialysis patient; and implications of hyperlipidemia.