Kidney Week

Translational Session

Vascular Calcification: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Emerging Treatment Options

November 02, 2023 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Location: Room 119, Pennsylvania Convention Center

Session Description

This session provides a comprehensive review of vascular calcification, including new insights into emerging mechanisms of vascular calcification, the epidemiology and burden of vascular calcification in individuals with CKD, and emerging treatment options. With respect to treatment options, lectures focus on new insights into calcific uremic arteriolopathy and therapeutics for targeting vascular calcification such as calcimimetics, myoinositol hexaphosphate, and magnesium.

Learning Objective(s)

• Describe the pathophysiology of vascular calcification in kidney diseases
• Outline risk factors for vascular calcification in individuals with CKD
• Discuss emerging new treatment options for calcific uremic arteriolopathy
• Summarize the landscape of therapeutics for vascular calcification

Learning Pathway(s)

• Bones‚ Stones‚ and Mineral Metabolism

Moderators

• Wei Chen, MD, MS, FASN
• Jason R. Stubbs, MD

Presentations

• New Insights into the Pathophysiology of Vascular Calcification
  10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  
  • Abolfazl Zarjou, MD, PhD, FASN
  Abolfazl Zarjou, MD, PhD, FASN

New Insights into the Pathophysiology of Vascular Calcification

November 02, 2023 | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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• Burden of Vascular Calcification in CKD: Epidemiology and Outcomes
  11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  
  • Tara I. Chang, MD, MS, FASN
  Tara I. Chang, MD, MS, FASN

Burden of Vascular Calcification in CKD: Epidemiology and Outcomes

November 02, 2023 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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• Evolution of Calcemic Uremic Arteriolopathy: Risk Factors and Treatments
  11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  
  • Sagar U. Nigwekar, MD
  Sagar U. Nigwekar, MD

Evolution of Calcemic Uremic Arteriolopathy: Risk Factors and Treatments

November 02, 2023 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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• Landscape of Potential Therapeutics for Vascular Calcification: From Old to New
  12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  
  • Marc G. Vervloet, MD, PhD
  Marc G. Vervloet, MD, PhD

Landscape of Potential Therapeutics for Vascular Calcification: From Old to New

November 02, 2023 | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

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