title: [Chronic kidney disease and sudden death].
abstract: Cardiovascular disease represents the major cause of death in chronic kidney disease patients accounting for about 43% of all mortality causes among hemodialysis patients. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most frequent and dangerous clinical syndrome occurring in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Hemodialysis patients present a great number of non traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery disease, rapid electrolyte shifts, QT dispersion, sympathetic hyperactivity and hyperphosphatemia. The aim of the following review is to summarize epidemiological aspects and pathophysiological pathways of SCD in CKD patients, defining prevention and treatment guidelines.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Lullo
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santoboni
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Floccari
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Pascalis
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorini
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barbera
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronco
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis