Effect of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents on Blood Pressure in Pre-Dialysis Patients

INTRODUCTION: Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESA) are hypothesized to increase cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. One of the proposed mechanisms is the elevation of blood pressure (BP) by ESA. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether the use of ESA was associated w...

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Main Authors: Suttorp, Marit M., Hoekstra, Tiny, Mittelman, Moshe, Ott, Ilka, Franssen, Casper F. M., Dekker, Friedo W.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877353/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24391978
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084848
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