Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: A new frontier or simple rebranding?

by Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Willem Daniel Francois Venter, Mohammed K. Ali, Juan V. A. Franco

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is an emerging framework proposed by the American Heart Association for management of patients with cardio-metabolic multimorbidity. This novel framework offers several improvements over existing paradigms; however, it remains unclear whether it represents a new frontier, or a simple rebranding of known clinical principles.