Prevalence of severe carotid artery stenosis and its association with echocardiographic parameters in maintenance hemodialysis patients

• Main Authors: Mustafa Mücahit Balcı (Author), Kevser Gülcihan Balcı (Author), Alper Kırkpantur (Author), Mutlu Gülbay (Author), Samet Yılmaz (Author), Ramazan Akdemir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: We aimed to determine the prevalence of significant carotid stenosis in maintenance hemodialysis patients and to identify biochemical and echocardiographic predictors of significant carotid stenosis in those patients. Study design: One hundred and seventeen maintenance hemodialysis patie...