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New European guidelines urge every heart patient to be tested for kidney disease

As of September 2026: Professor at University of Oxford, UK

In European medicine, the heart and kidney have been treated as separate problems. The first-ever joint guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology and the European Renal Association now treat them as one system that damages itself in a two-way cycle: kidney disease accelerates heart disease, and heart disease accelerates kidney failure.

Updated Sep 7

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Many patients with CKD are treated by the cardiology community and the new ESC Guidelines aim to increase the use of kidney function and urine albumin testing in patients with CVD.

from New European guidelines urge every heart patient to be tested for kidney disease · Updated Sep 7

Active and efficient communication between specialties is often necessary due to the complexities associated with CKD.

from New European guidelines urge every heart patient to be tested for kidney disease · Updated Sep 7