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Association of Serum Phosphate and Related Factors in ESRD-Related Vascular Calcification
Author(s) -
CaiMei Zheng,
KuoCheng Lu,
ChiaChao Wu,
YungHo Hsu,
YuhFeng Lin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2090-2158
pISSN - 2090-214X
DOI - 10.4061/2011/939613
Subject(s) - hyperphosphatemia , medicine , calcification , kidney disease , nephrology , disease , intensive care medicine , cardiology
Vascular calcification is common in ESRD patients and is important in increasing mortality from cardiovascular complications in these patients. Hyperphosphatemia related to chronic kidney disease is increasingly known as major stimulus for vascular calcification. Hyperphosphatemia and vascular calcification become popular discussion among nephrologist environment more than five decades, and many researches have been evolved. Risk factors for calcification are nowadays focused for the therapeutic prevention of vascular calcification with the hope of reducing cardiovascular complications

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