Association between hippuric acid and left ventricular hypertrophy in maintenance hemodialysis patients.

CONCLUSIONS: HA was significantly associated with LVH. HA could be a novel biomarker of left ventricular overload, which is closely associated with an increased risk of death in HD patients.
PMID: 29758204 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: International Journal of Clinical Chemistry - May 11, 2018 Category: Chemistry Authors: Yu TH, Tang WH, Lu YC, Wang CP, Hung WC, Wu CC, Tsai IT, Chung FM, Houng JY, Lan WC, Lee YJ Tags: Clin Chim Acta Source Type: research