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Could albumin level explain the higher mortality in hemodialysis patients with pulmonary hypertension?

BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in hemodialysis is still unclear. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with the presence of PH in chronic hemodialysis patients and to verify whether these factors might explain the highest mortality among them....

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Autores principales: Yoo, Hugo Hyung Bok, Martin, Luis Cuadrado, Kochi, Ana Claudia, Rodrigues-Telini, Lidiane Silva, Barretti, Pasqual, Caramori, Jacqueline Teixeira, Matsubara, Beatriz Bojikian, Zannati-Bazan, Silméia Garcia, Franco, Roberto Jorge da Silva, Queluz, Thais Thomaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22867112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-80