Cardiothoracic Ratio as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Events in a Cohort of Hemodialysis Patients

Aim: The cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) on a chest X-ray is an indicator of cardiac enlargement, although its predictive power for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in chronic kidney disease is unknown. We examined it in a cohort of hemodialysis patients, as compared with an N-terminal fragment of pro...

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Autores principales: Okute, Yujiro, Shoji, Tetsuo, Hayashi, Tomoshige, Kuwamura, Yukinobu, Sonoda, Mika, Mori, Katsuhito, Shioi, Atsushi, Tsujimoto, Yoshihiro, Tabata, Tsutomu, Emoto, Masanori, Inaba, Masaaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Atherosclerosis Society 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5392479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27629255
http://dx.doi.org/10.5551/jat.36426

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5392479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27629255
http://dx.doi.org/10.5551/jat.36426

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