Oral Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation Does Not Affect Serum Calcification Propensity in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Chronic Metabolic Acidosis

• Main Authors: Christof Aigner (Author), Daniel Cejka (Author), Christopher Sliber (Author), Melanie Fraunschiel (Author), Gere Sunder-Plassmann (Author), Martina Gaggl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and metabolic acidosis might accelerate vascular calcification. The T50 calcification inhibition test (T50-test) is a global functional test analyzing the overall propensity of calcificatio...