Patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease as a priority group for primary prevention programs

Abstract

The combination of hypertension and chronic kidney disease is a stage of the cardiovascular-renal-metabolic continuum and associated with adverse cardiovas­cular and renal outcomes. Epidemiological aspects, accessible screening algorithm within outpatient monitoring, availability of modern cardiac and renal protective strategies make it possible to select this high-risk group as a priority for the implementation of effective targeted primary prevention and maintaining the trend of reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the medium- and long-term.

Keywords

• hypertension
• chronic kidney disease
• cardiac and renal protection
• primary prevention