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Impact of chronic kidney disease on long-term outcome of patients with valvular heart defects.

Łukasz KuźmaMalyszko JolantaHanna Bachórzewska-GajewskaMarta Maria NiwińskaAnna KuraszMałgorzata Zalewska-AdamiecMarcin KożuchSławomir Dobrzycki
Published in: International urology and nephrology (2020)
Mitral valve defects more often than aortic valve defects coexist with chronic kidney disease. Regardless of the stage, chronic kidney disease is an additional factor affecting the prognosis in patients with heart defects. Factors increasing the risk of death were age, creatinine concentration and reduced EF. The monitoring of renal function in patients with VHD should be crucial as well as the implementation of treatment at an early stage.
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