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A prospective echocardiographic evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in chronic hemodialysis patients in the United States: prevalence and clinical significance

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a disease which carries substantial morbidity and mortality, has been reported to occur in 25%–45% of dialysis patients. No prospective evaluation of the prevalence or clinical significance of PH in chronic dialysis patients in the United States (US) has been...

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Autores principales: Ramasubbu, Kumudha, Deswal, Anita, Herdejurgen, Cheryl, Aguilar, David, Frost, Adaani E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2962323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21042428
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S12946