Survival After End-Stage Renal Failure: Preventing Cardiac Death in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients

Abstract

At the 56th European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Congress, held in June 2019 in Budapest, Hungary, physicians from the USA, UK, and Spain presented an educational symposium entitled ‘Survival After End-Stage Renal Failure: Preventing Cardiac Death in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients.’ During this symposium, physicians discussed concepts underlying dialysis as a chronic cardiovascular disease state; cardiovascular disease challenges with volume overload, hypertension, and heart failure; the challenge of fluid management in intermittent haemodialysis; and the effect of more frequent therapy on volume and symptom control. This review summarises the symposium.