Key result
The life expectancy of a 25-year-old dialysis patient is 12 years, compared with 32 years for an age-equivalent transplant recipient and 52 years for the general population.
Population
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports prioritizing transplant referral in young ESRD; leaves open arrhythmia strategies to narrow dialysis mortality gaps.
This review highlights the significant burden of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.
Roberts et al. (2011) conducted a review in Chronic kidney disease and arrhythmias. The life expectancy of a 25-year-old dialysis patient is 12 years, compared with 32 years for an age-equivalent transplant recipient and 52 years for the general population.
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