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NDT-Educational Newsletter
Issue 13 - October 2019
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EDITOR IN CHIEF: Davide Bolignano
EDITORIAL BOARD: click here for the complete list
NEWSLETTER DESIGN: Francesca Trebelli
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Summary Reports from 56th ERA-EDTA Congress
Oxidative stress on myocardial function in CKD
Presented by Leticia Prates Roma
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) carry a 5- to 10-fold higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to age-matched controls. Heart failure (HF) is the leading CV complication in CKD patients and its prevalence increases with declining kidney function. Approximately 50% of patients with CKD stages 4 and 5 will develop HF. Although the exact mechanism leading to such events is not known, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are considered as one of the potential mediators.
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Congress Presentation
This talk has been presented by Leticia Prates Roma during the 56th ERA-EDTA Congress in Budapest, Hungary.
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Kidney protection in living donors
Presented by Charles Ferro
The first successful human organ transplant took place in 1954, when 23-year-old Ronald Herrick donated a kidney to his identical twin brother. Ronald eventually developed end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring haemodialysis and died at age 79 of cardiovascular disease. The critical questions whether donating a kidney causes or contributes to ESRD, cardiovascular disease or other complications known to be associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) remain unanswered still today. A study of 430 Swedish donors followed up from 15 to 31 years reported no evidence of increased mortality due to renal diseases or of a decreased overall survival as compared to mortality data for Swedish general population.
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Congress Presentation
This talk has been presented by Charles Ferro during the 56th ERA-EDTA Congress in Budapest, Hungary.
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References
Read this selection of articles about the two summary report fields.
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