Sudden Cardiac Death & Chronic Kidney Disease “ESRD patients are prone to sudden death, stroke and myocardial infarction between dialysis sessions.”1

Sudden Cardiac Death & Chronic Kidney Disease Sudden Cardiac Death Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as death from an unexpected circulatory arrest, occurring within an hour of the onset of symptoms, or an unwitnessed, unexpected death in patients known to be well within the previous 24 hours without an obvious noncardiac cause.2 For the 20 million Americans that suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD), SCD statistics are alarming. These CKD patients have a four to 20 times greater risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) than do persons in the general population.3 As their glomerular filtration...

Measure Cardiac Output — Save a Life! “The ability to monitor cardiac output is one of the important cornerstones of hemodynamic assessment ...in particular in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular comorbidities.”9 Proactive Patient Care Cardiovascular complications in ESRD patients can be averted or reduced through periodic exams by the patient’s nephrologist, and routine screening of cardiac function with the Transonic HD03 Monitor. Cardiac Function Stressed The rapid removal of large volumes of fluid during hemodialysis severely tests the limits of a patient’s cardiac function. Cardiac...

References: Sudden Death & Chronic Kidney Disease 1. Tucker, T et al, “Unrecognized Deterioration of Cardiac Function during Hemodialysis,” J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13: 213A 2. Pun PH, “The interplay between CKD, sudden cardiac death, and ventricular arrhythmias,” Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2014; 21(6): 480-8. (Transonic Reference # 10992R) 3. U.S. Renal Data System. USRDS 2007 Annual Data Report: Atlas of Chronic KidneyDisease and End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States. Bethesda, MD: NationalInstitutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; 2007. 4. U.S....