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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Disease: Chronic Kidney Disease as a Systemic Inflammatory Syndrome
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
Guest: Aleksandra Kukla, M.D.
In 2023, an estimated 14% of all adults in the U.S. or just over 35 million individuals had chronic kidney disease and it’s even more common in the elderly population affecting over 1/3 of those over the age of 65. It represents the 8th leading cause of death in the U.S. It’s now known that chronic kidney disease is associated with systemic inflammation, which is responsible for a variety of complications including atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular disease. Does kidney disease result in inflammation or does infla...