Here's What to Know About Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome, Newly Defined by the AHA

JAMA. 2023 Dec 5;330(21):2042-2043. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.22276.
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Plain language summary

This Medical News article discusses a recent American Heart Association presidential advisory on CKM syndrome that lays the groundwork for a new cardiovascular disease risk calculator.

MeSH terms

  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Heart
  • Humans
  • Kidney
  • Kidney Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Kidney Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Metabolic Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Metabolic Syndrome* / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology