{"id":55336,"date":"2026-09-14T07:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/?p=55336"},"modified":"2026-09-28T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:54:46","slug":"outcomes-from-the-isn-international-expert-forum-on-cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic-care-published-in-ki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/blog\/2026\/09\/14\/outcomes-from-the-isn-international-expert-forum-on-cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic-care-published-in-ki\/","title":{"rendered":"Outcomes from the\u00a0ISN International Expert Forum\u00a0on\u00a0cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic care\u00a0published\u00a0in KI\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Infographic-ISN_CKM_page-0001-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Infographic-ISN_CKM_page-0001-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Infographic-ISN_CKM_page-0001-367x207.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity are closely interconnected, yet care is often delivered through separate clinical pathways.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, the ISN convened the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/in-action\/education\/in-person-meetings\/international-expert-forum-ckm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISN International Expert Forum, \u201cExploring the Nexus of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Health<\/a>,\u201d to examine how a more integrated CKM approach could\u00a0improve\u00a0prevention, treatment, and care delivery. The resulting meeting report has now been published\u00a0in\u00a0<i>Kidney International<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidney-international.org\/article\/S0085-2538(26)00620-4\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the meeting report in\u00a0<em>Kidney International\u00ae<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A global, multidisciplinary group of experts examined CKM risk stratification, lifestyle interventions, guideline-directed therapies, emerging treatments, and models of care.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Participants emphasized the need for earlier case finding, combined kidney and cardiovascular risk assessment over time, and\u00a0timely\u00a0use of evidence-informed therapies to reduce kidney disease progression, kidney failure, and cardiovascular events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The report also highlights persistent barriers, including therapeutic inertia, fragmented care, and inequities in access, while pointing to multidisciplinary and system-level models that could help translate evidence into practice more effectively.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Explore the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/initiatives\/toolkits\/ckm-roadmap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ISN CKM initiative<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for resources and tools supporting a shared approach to cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health across disciplines and regions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity are closely interconnected, yet care is often delivered through separate clinical pathways. In October 2025, the ISN convened the\u00a0ISN International Expert Forum, \u201cExploring the Nexus of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Health,\u201d to examine how a more integrated CKM approach could\u00a0improve\u00a0prevention, treatment, and care delivery. The resulting meeting report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":55403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,36],"tags":[584,203,382,242],"class_list":["post-55336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news","tag-cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic","tag-kidney-disease","tag-kidney-failure","tag-kidney-health"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img-ISN-CKM.jpg",630,425,false],"list":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img-ISN-CKM-366x246.jpg",366,246,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img-ISN-CKM-300x202.jpg",300,202,true],"full":["https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img-ISN-CKM.jpg",630,425,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55336"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55610,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55336\/revisions\/55610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}