Serum Bicarbonate and Structural and Functional Cardiac Abnormalities in Chronic Kidney Disease - A Report from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: In a large CKD study, serum bicarbonate was associated with LV mass and concentric LVH; however, this association was attenuated after adjustment for clinical factors suggesting that the observed cardiac effects are mediated through yet unknown mechanisms. PMID: 27241893 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - May 27, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Dobre M, Roy J, Tao K, Anderson AH, Bansal N, Chen J, Deo R, Drawz P, Feldman HI, Hamm LL, Hostetter T, Kusek JW, Lora C, Ojo AO, Shrama K, Rahman M, CRIC Study Investigators Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research