PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Buckley, Rita ED - Giugliano, Robert TI - Patients with CKD are at High Risk for CV Death DP - 2012 Oct 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 24--25 VI - 12 IP - 12 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/24.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/24.full AB - An estimated 26 million American adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and millions of others are at increased risk for CKD [National Kidney Foundation]. Furthermore, as glomerular filtration rate falls, the risk of cardiovascular death increases [Go AS et al. N Engl J Med 2004].