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approaches, which encourage, facilitate and reward the patient’s efforts
to improve health thinking and wellness behaviors along with their providers. Among the highest priorities
for both the AHA and the American
Association of Kidney Patients is
more research designed exclusively
for patients with both CKD and cardiovascular disease.
How kidney disease causes cardiovascular disease is still largely
unknown. Most major cardiovascular disease research
trials have excluded patients
with kidney disease. Nine
out of 10 cardiovascular
disease trials do not provide adequate information on the kidney function of subjects in their
studies, even though
studies have proven kidney disease plays a major
role in increasing the risk
of death from cardiovascular disease. Everyone can
benefit from several lifestyle
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changes that include reducing salt
and fat intake, losing weight, getting
regular exercise, quitting smoking,
reducing alcohol consumption,
managing stress and scheduling that
annual physical examination.
Sources and Resources
American Association of Kidney
Patients (2016). Educating the Kidney
Patient with Heart Complications.
Available at: https://www.aakp.org/
education.html
American Heart Association (2016).
www.heart.org
About the Author
Thomas W. Miller, Ph.D., ABPP,
is a professor emeritus and senior
research scientist, Center for Health,
Intervention and Prevention, University
of Connecticut; retired service chief
from the VA Medical Center; and
tenured professor in the Department
of Psychiatry, College of Medicine,
University of Kentucky.
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