Carotid atherosclerotic disease predicts cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients: a prospective study.

To evaluate the predictive value of carotid atherosclerotic disease (CAD) and intima-media thickness (IMT) on incident cardiovascular disease and mortality in hemodialysis patients.Multicenter, observational, prospective study including 110 patients, followed-up to 6 years. Carotid doppler ultrasono...

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Main Authors: Sílvia Collado, Elisabeth Coll, Carlos Nicolau, Mercedes Pons, Josep M Cruzado, Julio Pascual, Aleix Cases
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4452075?pdf=render