Malnutrition as a risk factor for cardiac valve calcification in patients under maintenance dialysis: a cross-sectional study.

Petrini PlytzanopoulouMarios PapasotiriouPanayiotis PolitisChristophoros ParissisPinelopi ParaskevopoulouIoannis KehagiasDimitrios S GoumenosEvangelos Papachristou

Published in: International urology and nephrology (2020)

Aging, inflammation, low serum albumin to total proteins ratio and low phase angle values as indicators of malnutrition are predictors of severe CVC in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
left ventricular
physical activity
heart failure
early onset
mitral valve
patient reported outcomes
aortic stenosis
patient reported