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Does full versus partial correction of anemia have additional cardiac benefit in incident hemodialysis patients?

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boxed-textParfrey PS et al. (2005) Double-blind comparison of full and partial anemia correction in incident hemodialysis patients without symptomatic heart disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 16: 2180–2189

Left-ventricular remodeling in chronic kidney disease results from multiple factors, including anemia; all of these factors must be addressed at an early stage to prevent cardiac dysfunction and heart failure

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    Anatole Besarab

  2. Senior Staff at the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

    Sandeep Soman

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Besarab, A., Soman, S. Does full versus partial correction of anemia have additional cardiac benefit in incident hemodialysis patients?. Nat Rev Nephrol 1, 70–71 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0041

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