Aussie study illuminates the huge cardiac risk that follows kidney failure
Researchers warn that heart surgery is likely to rise because of comorbidities.
Patients with kidney failure and comorbid insulin-treated diabetes are 65 times more likely than adults in the general population to need major cardiac surgery, research shows.
The first population-based Australian study of its kind has quantified the huge excess cardiac risk faced by patients being treated for kidney failure, especially those with diabetes.
