Measurement of vascular function in haemodialysis and obese patients by myography

Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face a markedly increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In this setting, aberrant endothelial function is a key initiating event in vascular disease. Haemodialysis (HD) patients characteristically exhibit significant abnormalit...

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Main Author: Abushufa, Adil
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27670/