Not All Deaths in CKD Are from a Broken Heart

Affiliations

¹ Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Kidney Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.au.
² Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada.

Editorial

Germaine Wong et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;26(10):2307-8.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2015050531. Epub 2015 Jun 4.

¹ Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Kidney Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; germaine.wong@health.nsw.gov.au.
² Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: CKD; cancer; mortality.

Comment on

Cause of Death in Patients with Reduced Kidney Function.
Thompson S, James M, Wiebe N, Hemmelgarn B, Manns B, Klarenbach S, Tonelli M; Alberta Kidney Disease Network. Thompson S, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Oct;26(10):2504-11. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014070714. Epub 2015 Mar 2. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015. PMID: 25733525 Free PMC article.
Cause-Specific Deaths in Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD.
Navaneethan SD, Schold JD, Arrigain S, Jolly SE, Nally JV Jr. Navaneethan SD, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Oct;26(10):2512-20. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014101034. Epub 2015 Jun 4. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015. PMID: 26045089 Free PMC article.

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