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New Medical Condition Bridges Gap Between Obesity, Diabetes And Heart Disease—Here’s What To Know

Those who have a combination of kidney disease, heart disease and any metabolic disorder like diabetes or obesity have CKM syndrome, though having just one puts patients at risk for developing the condition... The purpose of developing the new condition was to offer care to everyone in all stages of the disease, but specifically target those in the earlier stages so that treatment and testing is offered to prevent them from dying of cardiovascular disease. Heart-related issues have increased over the years.

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 Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome – the new health syndrome on the block

As a former ICU registered nurse and clinical director of a Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR) program, I have spent years recognizing and educating patients about risk factors that lead to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

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Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome: A state-of-the-art review

The correlation between obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an escalating and widely acknowledged epidemic in industrialized nations. Recently, this complex web of interrelated health conditions has been collectively defined as the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome Requires a Collaborative Approach to Treatment

The scientific statement focused on the CKM construct, specifically highlighting CKM syndrome, which is a newly described multisystem syndrome that involves the interactions of risk factors—such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic abnormalities, CKD, and cardiovascular disease risk—associated with poor health, organ damage, cardiovascular events, and early death.

CKM syndrome: The intersection of obesity, diabetes, heart and kidney diseases

The American Heart Association (AHA) has given the four-pronged disease the official name cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM), and its Presidential Advisory is the first to formally acknowledge CKM as a disorder that can be prevented, staged, and treated to reduce the risk of severe cardio-kidney events.

Refocusing cardio-renal problems: the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and the chronic cardiovascular-kidney disorder

Attempts at circumscribing a peculiar condition encompassing heart and kidney dysfunction date back to the early nineteenth century. The term ‘cardio-renal syndrome’ (CRS) first appeared in the medical literature around the early 2000s and, since then, has garnered exponential growth. As of 4 January 2023, 2497 papers dealing with this syndrome have been published.

Studies show that patients with cardio-renal-metabolic conditions benefit from holistic care

Cardio-renal-metabolic (C-R-M) conditions are a group of interconnected disorders, including cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. These conditions account for up to 20 million deaths annually in the U.S. and collectively rank as a leading cause of death worldwide.

The cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, recently defined by the American Heart Association

The risk of developing and progression of cardiovascular diseases is increased by this syndrome. Inflammation, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and insulin resistance from CKM syndrome seem to accelerate atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Nonetheless, the connection between CKM syndrome and heart failure and arrhythmias, as well as between cardiovascular disease and an increased risk of later kidney disease, remain under researched.