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Young adults starting dialysis in the first two decades of life have a 20-fold higher risk of cardiac events compared with an age-matched background population.
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Highlights the persistently high mortality and cardiovascular risk in patients with uremia and those on dialysis following myocardial infarction.
Dikow et al. (2012) conducted a review in Uremia and ischemic heart disease. Uremia and dialysis vs. Age-matched background population was evaluated. Young adults starting dialysis in the first two decades of life have a 20-fold higher risk of cardiac events compared with an age-matched background population.
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