Association of P-Wave Dispersion with Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that PWdisperC was positively associated with overall and cardiovascular mortalities in hemodialysis patients and could provide additional prognostic values. Screening hemodialysis patients by using PWdisperC may facilitate identifying a group of patients with poor prognosis.
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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - October 1, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Chen SC, Su HM, Huang JC, Chang K, Tsai YC, Chen LI, Chang JM, Hwang SJ, Chen HC Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research