It is commonly held that osteitis fibrosa and mixed uremic osteodystrophy are the
predominant forms of renal osteodystrophy in patients with chronic kidney disease. Osteitis …

Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis develop both structural and functional
cardiovascular abnormalities. Despite improvement of dialysis technology, cardiovascular …

Masafumi Fukagawa, 1 Keitaro Yokoyama, 1 Fumihiko Koiwa, 1 Masatomo Taniguchi, 1
Tetsuo Shoji, 1 Junichiro James Kazama, 1 Hirotaka Komaba, 1 Ryoichi Ando, 1 Takatoshi …

Results Hemodialysis-induced regional left ventricular systolic dysfunction occurred in 29
(27%) patients; 17 patients developed regional left ventricular systolic dysfunction 60 …

Uncorrected serum calcium concentration is the first mineral metabolism metric planned for
use as a quality measure in the United States ESRD population. Few studies in patients …

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the commonest cause of mortality in patients with chronic
kidney disease (CKD). Vascular calcification (VC), induced by calcium and phosphate …

Background. Alterations of ventricular repolarization duration, as measured by the QT
interval, are frequently observed in haemodialysis (HD) patients. The nature and the sign of …

The debate on the most adequate dialysate calcium concentration for intermittent
haemodialysis therapy is ongoing. There is probably no one optimal concentration. In …

In chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients, intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a complication that
increases mortality risk. We run a pilot study to analyzing possible relationships between …

The risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is high in chronic kidney disease patients, and it
increases with the progression of kidney function deterioration. The most common causes of …