Open AccessCardiovascular Problems on Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Eberhard Ritz,
Jürgen Bommer
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01960309
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , life expectancy , intensive care medicine , cardiology , environmental health , population
High cardiovascular mortality is the major cause of reduced life expectancy of patients who are on hemodialysis. Classical risk factors cannot fully explain the magnitude of the risk. This article addresses some nontraditional approaches to deal with the excessive cardiovascular risk for patients who are on hemodialysis.
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