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Cardiovascular disease burden is much greater among elderly patients with chronic kidney disease than in those without, the U.S. Renal Disease System reported.
Among Medicare fee-for-service enrollees aged 66 years and older, the prevalence of heart failure in 2011 was 43% for those with CKD and 19% for those without CKD. The prevalence of stroke and transient ischemic attack was 27% among CKD patients and 20% in those with no CKD. Acute MI prevalence in 2011 was 15% in CKD patients and 6% among enrollees without CKD, according to the USRDS.
Cardiovascular disease burden is much greater among elderly patients with chronic kidney disease than in those without, the U.S. Renal Disease System reported.
Among Medicare fee-for-service enrollees aged 66 years and older, the prevalence of heart failure in 2011 was 43% for those with CKD and 19% for those without CKD. The prevalence of stroke and transient ischemic attack was 27% among CKD patients and 20% in those with no CKD. Acute MI prevalence in 2011 was 15% in CKD patients and 6% among enrollees without CKD, according to the USRDS.
Cardiovascular disease burden is much greater among elderly patients with chronic kidney disease than in those without, the U.S. Renal Disease System reported.
Among Medicare fee-for-service enrollees aged 66 years and older, the prevalence of heart failure in 2011 was 43% for those with CKD and 19% for those without CKD. The prevalence of stroke and transient ischemic attack was 27% among CKD patients and 20% in those with no CKD. Acute MI prevalence in 2011 was 15% in CKD patients and 6% among enrollees without CKD, according to the USRDS.
