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Author(s) -
Sherman Richard A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/sdi.12379
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , library science , computer science
Medial arterial calcification can’t be distinguished from atherosclerotic calcification on imaging techniques; breast arterial calcification (BAC) is exclusively medial. BAC on mammography in 202 women with ESRD was common (58%) and did not increase the adjusted risk of coronary artery disease events (5). It did, however, increase the risk of peripheral arterial disease events (odd ratio: 4.6).