The clinical significance of hyperkalaemia-associated repolarization abnormalities in end-stage renal disease

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Green, Darren ^a   Green, Heather D ^b   New, David I ^c   Kalra, Philip A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dialysis; ECG; ESRD; hyperkalaemia; repolarization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; R WAVE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPOLARIZATION; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; T WAVE TENTING;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872252553     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs129     Document Type: Article

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