#83 CKM syndrome: why you should care, with Amaryllis Van Craenenbroeck
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Heart over there, kidney over here, metabolism somebody else’s problem? Not anymore. Amaryllis Van Craenenbroeck (KU Leuven) makes the case for Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome as one continuum, not three separated clinics. Four drug classes, three organs, one patient, prevention upstream, and a fair hearing for the sceptics who call it disease-mongering.
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