[How to carry out the search of cardiovascular disease in patients with renal insufficiency?].
There are aetiopathogenic relationships that justify the epidemiological association between cardiovascular disease and renal failure. Organic lesions must be looked for in patients with renal failure as well as strict control of risk factors. Before including patients in a dialysis program, echocardiography to see whether cardiovascular disease or possible ventricular dysfunction is present. In patients included in a renal transplant program, the existence of ischaemic heart disease should be ruled out and the patient revascularised, if necessary, before the transplant should be performed.
Bertomeu Martínez
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Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. vbertomeu@secardiologia.es
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*