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Expert Discusses Limitations of Vascular Calcification Treatments

Paolo Raggi, MD, PhD, professor at the department of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Alberta, discusses how pharmacists are limited to traditional treatment of chronic kidney disease, while waiting for new treatment options.

In a Pharmacy Times® interview, Paolo Raggi, MD, PhD, professor at the department of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Alberta, about his ASN 2021 Kidney Week presentation on the prevention of vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease (CKD).

He discussed how pharmacists are limited to traditional treatment of CKD, while waiting for new treatment options.

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