Open AccessAtheroma Progression in Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
Claudio Rigatto,
Adeera Levin,
Andrew A. House,
Brendan J. Barrett,
Euan Carlisle,
Adrian Fine
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01840408
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , kidney disease , confounding , prospective cohort study , atheroma , creatinine , urology , cardiology
Cardiovascular events are 10 to 100 times more frequent in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We tested the hypothesis that the rate of atherosclerotic plaque growth is faster in severe versus moderate CKD.
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