On Thursday the FDA's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee voted 9-1 in favor of approval for Daiichi Sankyo's edoxaban (Savaysa), but the outcome will likely result in a drug that will ...

In the phase III MAIA study of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients ineligible for transplant, daratumumab (Darzalex) plus lenalidomide (Revlimid)/dexamethasone ...

Ticagrelor and aspirin is the preferred combination for reducing the risk of recurrent stroke in clopidogrel nonresponders, but according to post hoc analysis of the CHANCE-2 trial, patients with ...

Lupus nephritis (LN) patients on long-term therapy with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) showed significantly less decline in renal function, compared with patients treated otherwise, a 10-year retrospective ...

Kidney function is more likely to get better than worse in aortic stenosis patients with renal disease who undergo TAVR, according to new data from the PARTNER trials. Speaking with TCTMD, Robert J.

We report a case of asymptomatic dissection of the descending aorta (type B aortic dissection) with silent renal hypoperfusion. A small, nonfunctioning kidney and a contralateral hypertrophied kidney ...

An expert task force on Thursday released a new and much-anticipated approach for diagnosing kidney function, saying there is no need for controversial algorithms that consider race in the assessment ...

A renal scan involves the use of nuclear radioactive material to examine your kidneys and assess their function. A renal scan is also known as a renal scintigraphy, nuclear renal imaging, or a ...

Impaired kidney function, as measured by depressed glomerular filtration rates (GFR), is associated with a significantly higher risk of being diagnosed with renal and urothelial cancers, according to ...

Renal function tests are performed to evaluate how well the kidneys are doing their job of filtering out nitrogenous waste from the blood. They involve the measurement of various substances in both ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006;3(2):102-109. With the increasing prevalence of congestive heart failure in our aging population, treatment with inotropes, pressors and natriuretic peptides is no ...