Echocardiographic Parameters as Cardiovascular Mortality Predictors in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47021#.VGLxO2fHRK0 Author(s) Misato Koeda , Tetsuya Ogawa , Kyoko Ito , Takaaki Tsutsui , Kosaku Nitta Affiliation(s) Department of Medicine, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan . Department of Medicine, Medical Center East, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan . Department of Nephrology, Hidaka Hospital, Gunma, Japan . Department of Nephrology, Hidaka Hospital, Gunma, Japan . Department of Medicine, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan . ABSTRACT Background: Hemodialysis (HD) patients have high rates of cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Although structural and functional...