Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity
and mortality. Recent evidence suggests that increases in both serum and intracellular …

Results Fifty-nine subjects were enrolled in the trial, and of these, 57 completed the
intervention and were analyzed for the primary outcome. In the standard dialysate …

Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular disease and mortality, which is thought to be caused by increased propensity …

Vascular calcification is a prognostic marker for cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney
disease (CKD) patients. In these patients, magnesium balance is disturbed, mainly due to …

Background Elevated levels of serum magnesium are associated with lower risk of
cardiovascular events in patients with CKD. Magnesium also prevents vascular calcification …

Vascular calcification (VC) is associated with elevated cardiovascular mortality rates in
patients with CKD. Recent clinical studies of patients with advanced CKD have observed an …

Magnesium (Mg) is one of the most important cations in the body, playing an essential role
in biological systems as co-factor for more than 300 essential enzymatic reactions. In the …

Even though disorders of magnesium (Mg) balance are common in dialyzed patients, this
cation is often neglected. Many factors interfere with serum magnesium including diet …

Awareness of the clinical relevance of magnesium in medicine has increased over the last
years, especially for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), due to magnesium's role in …

Background: Magnesium ion is critical for life and is integrally involved in cellular function
and a key component of normal bone mineral. In health, the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract …