Why the study?
Do routine ECG findings add prognostic information for cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes on maintenance hemodialysis?
Population
1253 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on maintenance hemodialysis from the German Diabetes and…
Comparison
Routine baseline ECG variables vs Patients with normal ECG findings
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4 years
Authors
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May aid risk stratification in diabetic hemodialysis patients without altering management; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Do routine ECG findings add prognostic information for cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes on maintenance hemodialysis?
Routine ECG findings, specifically the absence of sinus rhythm and presence of left ventricular hypertrophy, independently predict cardiovascular events and mortality in hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes.
Krane et al. (2009) studied this question.
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