Treating patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) for anemia earlier and to a higher-than-standard hemoglobin level did not confer a significant treatment benefit for left ventricle hypertrophy, according to data presented here at Renal Week 2005, the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology.Technorati Tags: Anemia, Chronic Kidney Disease, Epoetin
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Saturday, November 12, 2005
More Aggressive Anemia Treatment Does Not Help Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease
Via Medscape: