Aldosterone and cortisol affect the risk of sudden cardiac death in haemodialysis patients

Sudden cardiac death is common and accounts largely for the excess mortality of patients on maintenance dialysis. It is unknown whether aldosterone and cortisol increase the incidence of sudden cardiac death in dialysis patients.We analysed data from 1255 diabetic haemodialysis patients participatin...

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Main Authors:	Drechsler, Christiane (Author) , Ritz, Eberhard (Author) , Tomaschitz, Andreas (Author) , Pilz, Stefan (Author) , Schönfeld, Stephan (Author) , Blouin, Katja (Author) , Bidlingmaier, Martin (Author) , Hammer, Fabian (Author) , Krane, Vera (Author) , März, Winfried (Author) , Allolio, Bruno (Author) , Faßnacht, Martin (Author) , Wanner, Christoph (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	2013
In:	European heart journal Year: 2013, Volume: 34, Issue: 8, Pages: 578-587
ISSN:	1522-9645
DOI:	10.1093/eurheartj/ehs361
Online Access:	Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehs361
Author Notes:	Christiane Drechsler, Eberhard Ritz, Andreas Tomaschitz, Stefan Pilz, Stephan Schönfeld, Katja Blouin, Martin Bidlingmaier, Fabian Hammer, Vera Krane, Winfried März, Bruno Allolio, Martin Fassnacht, and Christoph Wanner