Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration: an anemia parameter predicting cardiovascular disease in incident dialysis patients

CONCLUSIONS: Progression of anemia before dialysis among overhydrated patients may mainly occur through hemodilution and iron sequestration partly induced by inflammation. Low MCHC reflects left atrial overload and left ventricular hypertrophy and hence may predict nonatherosclerotic CVD.PMID:34213761 | DOI:10.1007/s40620-021-01107-w

Source: Journal of Nephrology - July 2, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Satoshi Yamaguchi Takayuki Hamano Tatsufumi Oka Yohei Doi Sachio Kajimoto Karin Shimada Ayumi Matsumoto Yusuke Sakaguchi Isao Matsui Akira Suzuki Yoshitaka Isaka Source Type: research