(en) Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are predisposed to heart rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation (AF)/atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardias, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death (SCD). While treatment options, including drug, device, and procedural therapies, are available, their use in the setting of CKD is complex and limited. Patients with CKD and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have historically been under-represented or excluded from randomized trials of arrhythmia treatment strategies,1 although this situation is changing.2 Cardiovascular society consensus documents have recently identified evidence gaps for treating patients with CKD and heart rhythm disorders [...]
Turakhia, M. P., Blankestijn, P. J., Carrero, J.-J., Clase, C. M., Deo, R., Herzog, C. A., Kasner, S. E., Passman, R. S., Pecoits-Filho, R., Reinecke, H., Shroff, G. R., Zareba, W., Cheung, M., Wheeler, D. C., Wanner, C., & Winkelmayer, W. C. (2018). Chronic kidney disease and arrhythmias: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. European Heart Journal (English Edition), 39(24), 2314-2325. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy060 (Original work published 2018)