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Warning: Changes should never be made in a patient's treatment or care based solely on the information found here. Every patient has unique healthcare concerns and considerations and all these factors must all be taken into account before any changes can be safely made. All medical and therapeutic decisions must come from a qualified health care provider. Read RenalWEB's Legal Disclaimer before proceeding.
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| NEWS & LATEST ARTICLES |
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| WEB RESOURCES |
| Latest Scientific Journal Articles on Cardiovascular Disease - list compiled by RenalWEB's Journal Watch | |
| Cardiovascular Disease in ESRD: Special Study Center from the United States Renal Data Center (USRDS). USRDS Cardiovascular Presentations and Posters. | |
| Cardiovascular disease calculators - subject page from RenalWEB | |
| Cardiovascular complications of pediatric chronic kidney disease - educational feature from Pediatric Nephrology - February 2008 | |
| Cause or Casualty? The Impact and Role of the Kidney on Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome and Atherogenesis (pdf) free CE program from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Pathophysiologic Links - full-text (pdf) article from the Journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association - January/February 2007 | |
| Diseases & Conditions from the American Heart Association web site | |
| Evaluation of cardiac function in the dialysis patient—a primer for the non-expert - editorial from Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - June 2006 | |
| The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services (pdf) from the Medlearn/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services web site | |
| Heart Health Online from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | |
| High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease: How Are They Connected? web cast and transcript from the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America (KUFA) web site | |
| Hypertension Review CEU activity from the Kidney Learning System web site | |
| National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) web site. Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. | |
| Webcast CME: Cardiovascular Disease in CKD from Doctor's Guide | |
| The Well-Controlled Patient: Looking Beyond the Lab Tests from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) web site | |
| Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book | |
| American Heart Association web site | |
| American College of Cardiology web site | |
| American Society of Hypertension web site | |
| The Drug Monitor web site - synopsis of the essential clinical pharmacology / pharmacy information | |
| HeartPoint - multimedia site for patient information and education | |
| National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute web site | |
| The Transonic Flow-QC Hemodialysis Monitor Also Measures Cardiac Output (an optional capability) web site | |
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| ESSENTIALS AND CLASSICS |
| Heart Failure: Advances in Treatment from WebMD | |
| High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease from the NIDDK web site (in layman's terms) | |
| Ten Facts About High Blood Pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease from the NKF web site. | |
| The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure - 1997 | |
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| PUBMED SEARCHES (National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE Database) |
| MEDLINE PLUS for Heart Diseases Continually Updated! | |
| heart AND dialysis Continually Updated! | |
| hypertension AND dialysis Continually Updated! | |
| cardiovascular disease AND end-stage renal disease AND dialysis Continually Updated! | |
| MEDLINE / Pubmed Information from the National Library of Medicine | |
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| CLINICAL GUIDELINES |
| Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease - Using the ANNA Standards and Practice Guidelines to Improve Care - CE article from the Nephrology Nursing Journal | |
| AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update | |
| 1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension | |
| The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) issues major new clinical practice guidelines on the prevention and management of high cholesterol in adults. The guidelines are the first major update from NCEP in nearly a decade. Press release from the NCEP. - May 15, 2001 | |
| ACC/AHA Clinical Statements / Guidelines (American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association) | |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines for cardiovascular disease (search result) from the National Guideline Clearinghouse web site | |
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| K/DOQI - Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines For Chronic Kidney Disease: Table of Contents | |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease in Dialysis Patients | |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease | |
| Managing Dyslipidemias in Chronic Kidney Disease |
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| DISCUSSION FORUM |
| General Dialysis Nursing Issues and Questions (No dedicated RenalWEB forum) | |
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| WEB SEARCH ENGINES |
| Cardiovascular Disease web sites by Yahoo! Continually Updated! | |
| Cardiovascular Disease web sites by AOL Continually Updated! | |
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| INPUT / SUGGESTIONS |
| E-mail to RenalWEB on the Cardiovascular Disease Topic | |

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