β-blockers for prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients on hemodialysis: A propensity score analysis of the HEMO study

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 939-945

  Tangri, Navdeep ^a   Shastri, Shani ^b   Tighiouart, Hocine ^b   Beck, Gerald J ^c   Cheung, Alfred K ^d   Eknoyan, Garabed ^e   Sarnak, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blockers; dialysis; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 81755161496     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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