Hemodialysis Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Reveal Increased Tissue Na+ Deposition

• Main Authors: Anna-Carolina Friedrich (Author), Peter Linz (Author), Armin M. Nagel (Author), Daniela Rosenhauer (Author), Stephan Horn (Author), Mario Schiffer (Author), Michael Uder (Author), Christoph Kopp (Author), Anke Dahlmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The relationship between Na+ balance and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in hemodialysis (HD) patients is not yet fully understood. We hypothesized that HD patients co-diagnosed with CVD show increased tissue Na+ accumulation compared to HD patients without CVD. Methods: In our observationa...