The calcification of cardiac valves is a powerful predictor for mortality and cardiovascular deaths in long-term dialysis patients.
This was the finding of Dr AY Wang and colleagues of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics and Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. The researchers undertook a prospective study of 192 patients (mean age 55 years) to define the prognostic implication of cardiac valve calcification in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients. There were 46 deaths (half due to cardiovascular causes) in a mean of 17.9 months of follow-up.
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