Search Tag: kidney disease

Cardiology Management

Esccongress-findings-from-dapa-ckd-trial

2020 30 Aug

The main results of the DAPA-CK trial were presented today at ESC Congress 2020. Findings showed that dapagliflozin reduces the risk of kidney failure, death from cardiovascular causes or heart failure hospitalisation and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease patients with or without type 2 diabetes. The goal of the DAPA-CKD trial was to...Read more

Cardiology Management

Overall-heart-disease-mortality-declines

2014 17 Nov

During 2000-2010, the overall heart disease death rate declined annually in the United States, although mortality increased for certain heart disease subtypes, researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported. The study is published in the November 19 issue of JAMA , a cardiovascular disease themed issue. While data...Read more