High Levels of Hemoglobin Promote Carotid Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Neoangiogenesis in Chronic Kidney Disease

• Main Authors: Maria Vittoria Arcidiacono (Author), Montserrat Martinez-Alonso (Author), Montserrat Belart (Author), Ana Vilar (Author), Marisa Martín (Author), Lourdes Craver (Author), Àngels Betriu (Author), Dídac Mauricio (Author), José Manuel Valdivielso (Author), Elvira Fernández (Author), Mercè Borràs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, characterized by traditional and nontraditional risk factors, are prone to develop atheromatosis and thus cardiovascular events and mortality. The angiogenesis of the adventitial vasa vasorum (aVV) surrounding the carotid has been described as the atheromatosis...