The effect of anemia and left ventricular geometric patterns on renal disease progression in type 2 diabetic nephropathy.
Conclusion: Anemia and eccentric hypertrophy may be considered as important risk factors for RDP. Multicenter prospective trials should be needed to validate the effect of LV geometric patterns on RDP.
PMID: 20437400 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)