Fatty Acids and Other Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients Starting Hemodialysis | Zendy

Allon N. Friedman | Zendy; Zhangsheng Yu | Zendy; Cheryl Denski | Zendy; Hector Tamez | Zendy; Julia Wenger | Zendy; Ravi Thadhani | Zendy; Yong Li | Zendy; Bruce A. Watkins | Zendy

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Fatty Acids and Other Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients Starting Hemodialysis

Author(s) -

Allon N. Friedman,

Zhangsheng Yu,

Cheryl Denski,

Hector Tamez,

Julia Wenger,

Ravi Thadhani,

Yong Li,

Bruce A. Watkins

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

american journal of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 85

eISSN - 1421-9670

pISSN - 0250-8095

DOI - 10.1159/000351764

Subject(s) - medicine , docosapentaenoic acid , hemodialysis , sudden cardiac death , odds ratio , dialysis , sudden death , endocrinology , fatty acid , gastroenterology , cardiology , polyunsaturated fatty acid , eicosapentaenoic acid , biochemistry , biology

Little is known about risk factors for sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients during the high-risk first year of dialysis. We therefore undertook to identify such risk factors in a nationally representative cohort and were able to include baseline levels of blood fatty acids, some of which influence arrhythmogenicity and sudden cardiac death risk.

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