Prognostic markers of heart failure in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Abstract Background Heart failure is a significant cause of death and hospitalization in dialysis patients. Controlling the volume status in PD, especially, is difficult, and transferring the PD patients to hemodialysis results mainly from ultrafiltration failure. Thus, the control of heart failure...

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Main Authors: Kohsuke Terada, Yukinao Sakai, Yuichiro Sumi, Koji Mugishima, Sayuri Kawasaki, Fumiaki Itagaki, Takehisa Yamada, Shuichi Tsuruoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-019-0231-x