Open AccessEpicardial adipose tissue predicts mortality in incident hemodialysis patients: a substudy of the Renagel in New Dialysis trial
Author(s) -
Luis D’Marco,
Antonio Bellasi,
Steven Kim,
Z. Chen,
Geoffrey A. Block,
Paolo Raggi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gft264
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , dialysis , adipose tissue , cardiology , intensive care medicine
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been described in the general population as an independent risk marker for incident coronary artery disease. In hemodialysis patients, it correlates with other markers of cardiovascular disease, but it is unknown if it is associated with adverse events.
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