Incidence and risk factors of atherosclerotic cardiovascular accidents in predialysis chronic renal failure patients: a prospective study
Author(s) -
P Jungers,
Ziad A. Massy,
Thao NguyenKhoa,
Christine Fumeron,
M. Labrunie,
Bernard Lacour,
Béatrice DescampsLatscha,
Na Man
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/12.12.2597
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , myocardial infarction , blood pressure , population , cardiology , dialysis , prospective cohort study , homocysteine , cohort , risk factor , hemodialysis , surgery , optics , physics , environmental health
Accelerated atherosclerosis resulting in an abnormally high incidence of coronary and cerebrovascular occlusive accidents has been repeatedly reported in dialysis patients, but incidence and risk factors of such complications in chronic renal failure (CRF) predialysis patients are debated.
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