Impact of anemia treatment for left ventricular hypertrophy using long-acting erythropoietin-stimulating agents from the pre-dialysis to maintenance dialysis period in patients with chronic kidney disease, retrospective longitudinal cohort study

Abstract Background Anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (p-CKDs) may initiate or exacerbate left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). This study aimed to determine whether treatment using long-acting erythropoietin-stimulating agents (L-ESAs) is independently associated with LVH during the pre-...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Io, Masahiro Muto, Yu Sasaki, Masanori Ishizaka, Toshiki Kano, Haruna Fukuzaki, Takuya Maeda, Yuki Shimizu, Junichiro Nakata, Yusuke Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03133-1