Patients receiving dialysis are at a heightened risk for sudden cardiac death
Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 22:40
in Health & Medicine
Approximately 500,000 Americans require dialysis to treat kidney disease; of that population nearly half of the deaths that occur are caused by cardiovascular disease. Dialysis patients are at elevated risk for sudden cardiac death, but physicians are unclear why these deaths occur because little research has been done to examine how to best manage heart disease in this high-risk population.