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To create a world without kidney diseases, the ASN Alliance for Kidney Health elevates care by educating and informing, driving breakthroughs and innovation, and advocating for policies that create transformative changes in kidney medicine throughout the world.

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Kidney Week

Clinical Practice Session

Cardio-Kidney Protection with SGLT2 Inhibition and Beyond - Honoring George Bakris

October 24, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Location: Ballroom 20A, Convention Center

Session Description

This session reviews critical updates for the management of diabetic kidney disease and recommends how to implement new therapies. This session honors Dr. George Bakris who was an internationally renowned nephrologist and expert in hypertension and diabetic kidney disease.

ASN thanks the ASN Diabetic Kidney Disease Collaborative Task Force for assistance with this session.

Learning Objective(s)

  • Summarize new clinical data in the field of SGLT2 inhibitors
  • Discuss aldosterone antagonism in diabetic kidney disease, from trial data to implementation
  • Describe incretin therapies, including single, double, and triple agonists, and their role in kidney protection
  • Discuss the American Heart Association statement on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and implement the new recommendations

Learning Pathway(s)

  • Diabetic Kidney Disease
  • Hypertension and Cardiorenal Disorders

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