Electrocardiography and Outcome in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus on Maintenance Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Vera Krane,
Fritz Heinrich,
Malte Meesmann,
Manfred Olschewski,
JuCombining Diaeresisrgen Lilienthal,
Christiane Angermann,
Stefan StoCombining Diaeresisrk,
Johann Bauersachs,
Christoph Wanner,
Stefan Frantz
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.02020408
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , cardiology , stroke (engine) , diabetes mellitus , myocardial infarction , sinus rhythm , sudden cardiac death , sudden death , left ventricular hypertrophy , dialysis , atrial fibrillation , blood pressure , mechanical engineering , engineering , endocrinology
In hemodialysis, applicable guidelines recommend regular electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings. However, respective systematic evaluations are absent. Thus, the authors investigated whether routine ECG findings add prognostic information to standard risk assessment in hemodialysis.
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