Unexplained sudden death in patients on the waiting list for renal transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1392-1396

  De Lima, Jose Jayme Galvão ^a   Gowdak, Luis Henrique Wolff ^a   De Paula, Flavio Jota ^a   Arantes, Rodolfo Leite ^a   Csar, Luiz Antonio MacHado ^a   Ramires, Jose Antonio Franchini ^a   Krieger, Eduardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; chronic kidney disease; dialysis; sudden death; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79953887827     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq570     Document Type: Article

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