Open AccessArterial calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Nadezda Koleganova,
Grzegorz Piecha,
Eberhard Ritz,
Peter Schirmacher,
Axel Müller,
HansPeter Meyer,
M.-L. Gross
Publication year - 2009
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/gfp137
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , kidney disease , aorta , endocrinology , calcinosis , kidney , pathology
In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), aortic calcification is more frequent and severe and it is also predictive of adverse cardiovascular outcome. The aim of the present study was to characterize aortic calcification in renal compared with non-renal patients.
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