Qual é o significado e a importância do risco cardiovascular em diálise peritoneal? – Muitas questões ainda por esclarecer

Cardiovascular risk has been demonstrated to be substantially increased in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) under dialysis. In both the US and Europe, cardiovascular mortality is around 40%, and is particularly high within three months of beginning treatment. This implies that long before beginning dialysis, progressive renal failure and uremia create a pathogenic environment that is especially conducive to atherogenesis, whatever the etiology of the disease. This in turn means that when considering the problem of cardiovascular disease in patients undergoing dialysis, it is necessary to distinguish between the contributions of traditional cardiovascular risk factors, those