The incidence and significance of increased backscatter in myocardial ultrasonography of patients on hemodialysis

Nephron

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-194

  Çetinkayaa, Feyzuuah ^a   Baysal, Kemal ^b   Koçak, Hillusi ^c   Giirses, Nuran ^a  

^a Departments of Pediatric Gastroenterology   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c SSK Ankara Egitim Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac calcification; Chronic renal failure; Echocardiography; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0030001369     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189039     Document Type: Article

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