Why Chronic Kidney Disease So Often Ends in Heart Problems

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects over 800 million people globally, yet most don’t die from kidney failure. Instead, more than half of patients die from heart complications New research identified kidney-derived extracellular vesicles that travel through the bloodstream and directly impair heart muscle function, helping explain the strong kidney-heart connection These microscopic particles […]