Rahul Kakkar
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Recent Articles
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Barrows I, Devalaraja M, Kakkar R, Chen J, Gupta J, Rosas S, et al.
J Am Heart Assoc
. 2022 Sep;
11(18):e025627.
PMID: 36102277
Background Differences in death rate and cardiovascular disease (CVD) between Black and White patients with chronic kidney disease is attributed to sociocultural factors, comorbidities, genetics, and inflammation. Methods and Results...
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Nowak K, Kakkar R, Devalaraja M, Lo L, Park W, Gobburu J, et al.
Kidney360
. 2022 Apr;
2(2):224-235.
PMID: 35373026
Background: Chronic systemic inflammation is highly prevalent in patients with CKD (measured as an elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, hsCRP) and independently associated with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. An IL-6...
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Radhamony N, Nair R, Sreenivasan S, Walkay S, Soni A, Kakkar R
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
. 2022 Jan;
73:103224.
PMID: 35079364
Introduction: and background: Surgical options for Dupuytren's disease (DD) are multiple, and Dupuytren's palmar fasciectomy (PF) is a common surgical procedure performed for contractures that cause functional and cosmetic disability....
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Maki K, Wilcox M, Dicklin M, Kakkar R, Davidson M
BMC Nephrol
. 2022 Jan;
23(1):34.
PMID: 35034619
Background: Cardiovascular disease is an important driver of the increased mortality associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Higher left ventricular mass (LVM) predicts increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes and...
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Mahmood F, Mehta M, Kakkar R
BMJ Case Rep
. 2021 Jan;
14(1).
PMID: 33408102
A pisiform dislocation is an uncommon injury which can lead to significant morbidity if missed. The literature regarding pisiform dislocation is limited and largely from case reports. In this case,...
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Pergola P, Devalaraja M, Fishbane S, Chonchol M, Mathur V, Smith M, et al.
J Am Soc Nephrol
. 2020 Dec;
32(1):211-222.
PMID: 33272965
Background: Patients with CKD who are on hemodialysis are hyporesponsive to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) because of anemia of inflammation. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) induced hepcidin expression is a key mediator of such...
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Murphy S, Kakkar R, McCarthy C, Januzzi Jr J
J Am Coll Cardiol
. 2020 Mar;
75(11):1324-1340.
PMID: 32192660
It has long been observed that heart failure (HF) is associated with measures of systemic inflammation. In recent years, there have been significant advancements in our understanding of how inflammation...
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Wolska A, Lo L, Sviridov D, Pourmousa M, Pryor M, Ghosh S, et al.
Sci Transl Med
. 2020 Jan;
12(528).
PMID: 31996466
Recent genetic studies have established that hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is causally related to cardiovascular disease, making it an active area for drug development. We describe a strategy for lowering triglycerides (TGs)...
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Varshney A, Madias C, Kakkar R, Martin D
J Gen Intern Med
. 2020 Jan;
35(7):2173-2175.
PMID: 31942673
There has been a recent proliferation of consumer health devices (CHDs) that enable user-initiated screening for a variety of diseases. These devices represent a paradigm shift in the deployment of...
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Rawat N, Mathur N, Rawat K, Mathur M, Tinna R, Kakkar R, et al.
J Assoc Physicians India
. 2019 Jul;
66(10):40-41.
PMID: 31317707
Introduction: Early diagnosis of pulmonary embolism can reduce morbidity and motility. D-dimer is well known parameter having high negative prediction value. This study focused on role of D-dimer in early...