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Left atrial volume index and aortic stiffness index in adult hemodialysed patients - link between compliance and pressure mediated by endothelium dysfunction; a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: This study was performed to investigate the relationship between elastic properties of aorta and left atrium volume index (LAVI) in hemodialyzed (HD) patients. METHODS: Study group was consisted of 73 patients (age 51,6 ± 7,6 years) treated by hemodialysis. In all patients standard echoc...

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Autores principales: Zapolski, Tomasz, Wysokiński, Andrzej, Książek, Andrzej, Jaroszyński, Andrzej
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/PMC3519803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23122326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-12-100