Clinical epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in advanced chronic kidney disease prior to dialysis to a tertiary care centre in Bangladesh

Background: Patients with advanced CKD stages exhibit a markedly elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit an elevated cardiovascular risk manifesting as coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death .The main objective of this study was to observe the clinical epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in advanced stages of CKD prior to dialysis to a tertiary care centre in Bangladesh. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study on 150 cases of diagnosed advanced stages (4 35: 96-100