Documento di consenso Società Italiana di Cardiologia- Società Italiana di Nefrologia: Ruolo dell’asse cardio-renale nella prevenzione e trattamento delle patologie cardiovascolari – Parte II: Dalle strategie di prevenzione al trattamento del paziente con coinvolgimento cardio-renale

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease are strictly connected each other with a bidirectional interaction. Thus, the prevention of cardio-renal damage, as its appropriate treatment, are essential steps for a correct management of long-term patients' prognosis. Several preventive and therapeutic strategies, pharmacological and not, are now available for cardio-renal damage prevention and treatment, and for the management of its complications. The second part of this consensus document focuses on the management and treatment of cardio-renal damage, directing the attention on the correct use of drugs that may slow renal disease progression, on the application of preventive strategies in case of invasive cardiac procedures with the use of contrast agents, and on the accurate use of cardiological drugs in patients with chronic kidney disease.