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Albumin-Corrected Serum Calcium as a Biochemical Correlate of Left Ventricular Dysfunction Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Key takeaways

This study looked at people with kidney failure on regular hemodialysis (blood-cleaning treatment by machine). It checked whether their blood calcium level, adjusted for a blood protein called albumin, was tied to a weaker heart pump, meaning the main pumping chamber was not working well. It measured everyone at one point in time, so it can show a link but not proof that calcium causes heart problems. No abstract was available, so we could not check the numbers.

Who did this work

Pattnaik B (Department of General Medicine, Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, IND) · Jangid S (Department of General Medicine, Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, IND) · Chand K (Department of General Medicine, Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, IND) · Samantaray B (Department of General Medicine, Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, IND) · Das A (Department of Pharmacology, Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur, IND)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-17
https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13580693