Prognostic indicators of cardiovascular risk in renal disease

Although the annual mortality rate for end-stage renal disease is decreasing, likely due to an increase in kidney transplantation rate, the survival probability for end-stage renal disease patients from day one of dialysis has not changed, and is still poor with a five-year survival rate of approxim...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cara eHildreth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2011.00121/full