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CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE CAUSES
Causes of
Chronic Kidney Disease
Hypertension and
Kidney
Vascular
Disease
Hypertension is cited as the primary
kidney
disease causing end-stage kidney failure in 12 per cent of
Australian patients and in 25 per cent in the United States.
Chronic
kidney
disease
is a rare complication of primary essential hypertension, but
the large number of patients with hypertension means that it is
a relatively common cause.
Renovascular disease, which is not separately classified, is an
increasingly common cause, especially in the elderly. The
patients have a history of other vascular diseases (coronary,
cerebral, or peripheral) and present with kidney impairment,
hypertension, and occasionally 'flash' pulmonary oedema.
Angioplasty and stenting seldom rescue much kidney function but
may slow progression or prevent acute occlusion.
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