Open AccessDeterminants and Prognostic Significance of Electrocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Criteria in Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
Rajiv Agarwal,
Robert P. Light
Publication year - 2010
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.07770910
Subject(s) - medicine , left ventricular hypertrophy , cardiology , hazard ratio , kidney disease , population , odds ratio , confidence interval , blood pressure , environmental health
The diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has prognostic value in the general population. However, among those with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the determinants of electrocardiographic (EKG) LVH and its prognostic value are not clear.
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