How Is Chronic Kidney Disease Treated to Prevent Heart Complications?

If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, your treatment won’t just aim to help and protect the kidneys. Kidney damage can also have devastating effects on your cardiovascular system. Treating kidney disease to prevent heart problems is a major part of the treatment approach.

In this video, learn how doctors reduce the risk of heart complications when treating chronic kidney disease, according to Lawrence Phillips, MD, Cardiologist at NYU Langone Health.

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Lauren Smith, MA

Lauren Smith, MA, has worked in health journalism since 2017. Before joining GoodRx, she was the senior health editor and writer for HealthiNation.

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