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- Title
Secondary prevention with antioxidants of cardiovascular disease in endstage renal disease (SPACE): randomised placebo-controlled trial.
- Authors
Boaz, M; Smetana, S; Weinstein, T; Matas, Z; Gafter, U; Iaina, A; Knecht, A; Weissgarten, Y; Brunner, D; Fainaru, M; Green, M S
- Abstract
Excess cardiovascular mortality has been documented in chronic haemodialysis patients. Oxidative stress is greater in haemodialysis patients with prevalent cardiovascular disease than in those without, suggesting a role for oxidative stress in excess cardiovascular disease in haemodialysis. We investigated the effect of high-dose vitamin E supplementation on cardiovascular disease outcomes in haemodialysis patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2000, Vol 356, Issue 9237, p1213
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02783-5