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Risk factors associated with brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity among peritoneal dialysis patients in Macao

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in Macao. Increased arterial stiffness determined by pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been established as an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in end-stage renal disease patients...

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Autores principales: Kuang, Ding-Wei, Li, Chiu-Leong, Kuok, Un-I, Cheung, Kin, Lio, Weng-In, Xin, Jing
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/PMC3531255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23113871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-143