Open AccessCoronary Artery Calcification Progression Is Associated with Arterial Stiffness and Cardiac Repolarization Deterioration in Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Biagio Di Iorio,
Onorio Nargi,
Emanuele Cucciniello,
Vincenzo Bellizzi,
Serena Torraca,
Domenico Russo,
Antonio Bellasi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
kidney and blood pressure research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1423-0143
pISSN - 1420-4096
DOI - 10.1159/000325656
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , arterial stiffness , pulse wave velocity , hemodialysis , dialysis , artery , coronary artery disease , repolarization , blood pressure , electrophysiology
Evidence suggests that vascular calcification (VC) portends poor cardiovascular (CV) prognosis in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis (CKD-5). Nonetheless, how VC might predispose to CV mortality still remains to be clarified. Herein, we report on the association between coronary artery calcification (CAC) progression and changes in cardiac repolarization as well as arterial stiffness.