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Systolic Dysfunction Tied to Mortality in Renal Transplant Candidates
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Title Systolic Dysfunction Tied to Mortality in Renal Transplant Candidates
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574780?src=rss
Description In patients awaiting kidney transplants, the presence of systolic dysfunction -- defined as an ejection fraction no greater than 40%, which is often asymptomatic -- nearly doubles the risk of death, according to a report in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology for June. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Nephrology
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Date May 23, 2008
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