Open AccessA simple vascular calcification score predicts cardiovascular risk in haemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Teresa Adragão,
A. Pires,
Carmen de Lucas,
Rita Birne,
Luís M. Magalhães,
Marta Gonçalves,
A. P. Negrao
Publication year - 2004
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/gfh217
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , calcification , cardiology , vascular disease
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are highly prevalent in haemodialysis (HD) patients and have been recently associated with vascular calcifications. The objective of our study was to assess the value of a simple vascular calcification score for the prediction of cardiovascular death, cardiovascular hospitalizations and fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events in HD patients, and to correlate this score with cardiovascular disease and with other known predictors of vascular disease.
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