Join experts Drs Matthew Sparks and James Matthew Luther as they discuss how and why they're using mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists to treat patients with diabetic kidney disease in their practice.

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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/238798-overview

Physiology, Aldosterone https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470339/

Angiotensin II https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499912/

Primary Aldosteronism https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/127080-overview

Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC) and the Control of Blood Pressure https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24721652/

Hypertension Treatment & Management https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/241381-treatment

Hypertension Medication https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/241381-medication#2

Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Diabetic Kidney Disease - Mechanistic and Therapeutic Effects https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34675379/

Malignant Hypertension https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/241640-overview

Androgenetic Alopecia https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1070167-overview

Effect of Finerenone on Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33264825/

Cardiovascular Events With Finerenone in Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34449181/

Regression to the Mean https://www.britannica.com/topic/regression-to-the-mean

Sodium-glucose Transport Protein 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK576405/

Potassium Binders for Chronic Hyperkalaemia in People With Chronic Kidney Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32588430/