Calcification of the Aortic Arch Predicts Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients | Zendy

ChienTe Lee | Zendy; Chiang-Chi Huang | Zendy; ChungYao Hsu | Zendy; Terry Ting-Yu Chiou | Zendy; HweeYeong Ng | Zendy; ChienHsing Wu | Zendy; WeiHung Kuo | Zendy; YuehTing Lee | Zendy

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Calcification of the Aortic Arch Predicts Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Author(s) -

ChienTe Lee,

Chiang-Chi Huang,

ChungYao Hsu,

Terry Ting-Yu Chiou,

HweeYeong Ng,

ChienHsing Wu,

WeiHung Kuo,

YuehTing Lee

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

cardiorenal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1664-3828

pISSN - 1664-5502

DOI - 10.1159/000360230

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , aortic arch , cardiology , calcification , calcinosis , aorta , intensive care medicine

Cardiovascular calcification represents a marker of cardiovascular risk in chronic dialysis patients. In the general population, aortic arch calcification (AAC) can predict cardiovascular mortality. We conducted a prospective study to investigate factors associated with AAC in hemodialysis patients and examined its prognostic value in long-term outcome.

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