Pathophysiological concepts and screening of cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients
Dialysis patients experience 10–20 times higher cardiovascular mortality than the general population. The high burden of both conventional and nontraditional risk factors attributable to loss of renal function can explain higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and death among dialysi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Nephrology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneph.2023.1198560/full |