Should we still focus that much on cardiovascular mortality in end stage renal disease patients? The CONvective TRAnsport STudy.

BACKGROUND: We studied the distribution of causes of death in the CONTRAST cohort and compared the proportion of cardiovascular deaths with other populations to answer the question whether cardiovascular mortality is still the principal cause of death in end stage renal disease. In addition, we comp...

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Main Authors: Claire H den Hoedt, Michiel L Bots, Muriel P C Grooteman, Albert H A Mazairac, E Lars Penne, Neelke C van der Weerd, Piet M Ter Wee, Menso J Nubé, Renée Levesque, Peter J Blankestijn, Marinus A van den Dorpel, CONTRAST investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3631204?pdf=render