Epidemiology and risk factors in CKD patients with pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare disease often associated with high mortality and is recently recognized as a common complication secondary to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Epidemiological data for this disorder across the spectrum of CKD is poorly understood. Methods We ret...

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Main Authors: Qian Zhang, Le Wang, Hongbing Zeng, Yongman Lv, Yi Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0866-9