Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration: an anemia parameter predicting cardiovascular disease in incident dialysis patients.
Satoshi YamaguchiTakayuki HamanoTatsufumi OkaYohei DoiSachio KajimotoKarin ShimadaAyumi MatsumotoYusuke SakaguchiIsao MatsuiAkira SuzukiYoshitaka IsakaPublished in: Journal of nephrology (2021)
Progression of anemia before dialysis among overhydrated patients may mainly occur through hemodilution and iron sequestration partly induced by inflammation. Low MCHC reflects left atrial overload and left ventricular hypertrophy and hence may predict nonatherosclerotic CVD.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- cardiovascular disease
- left ventricular
- peritoneal dialysis
- left atrial
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- oxidative stress
- iron deficiency
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- acute coronary syndrome
- patient reported