Population
80 individuals total: 40 non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease patients divided by GFR, and 40…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support PH screening consideration in advancing CKD; cross-sectional data leaves open causal links and outcome impact.
Pulmonary hypertension is highly prevalent (50%) in non-dialysis dependent CKD patients and its frequency increases with the progression of renal impairment.
Sobh et al. (2018) studied this question.