From Specialty Silos to Integrated Care: A Korean Initiative for Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health
Sungjin Chung, Jihyun Yang, Jungho Shin, Tae Hyun Ban, Hyung Duk Kim, Yeoree Yang, Sangmo Hong, Eun Joo Cho, on behalf of the Korean Society of Nephrology, the Korean Diabetes Association and the Korean Society of Cardiology · 2026
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Sungjin Chung and co-authors, writing for three Korean medical societies, describe a national push to treat heart, kidney, and metabolic health as one problem, in this 2026 article. Heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes, and obesity were long managed in separate clinics. Yet they share causes, worsen each other, and increasingly share the same drugs, which blur the old boundaries between specialties.
In 2023, the American Heart Association gave the overlap a name: cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. The Korean initiative builds on that idea with joint work by the kidney, diabetes, and cardiology societies. Shared care promises earlier detection, since a patient seen for one condition can be checked for the others, and treatment plans that protect several organs at once. The article sets out how the societies plan to move clinics from specialty silos toward a single, coordinated service.
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| CREATOR | Sungjin Chung, Jihyun Yang, Jungho Shin, Tae Hyun Ban, Hyung Duk Kim, Yeoree Yang, Sangmo Hong, Eun Joo Cho, on behalf of the Korean Society of Nephrology, the Korean Diabetes Association and the Korean Society of Cardiology |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |