Physical Activity in Chronic Kidney Disease: a Plausible Approach to Vascular Calcification?

• Main Authors: Carlo Basile (Author), Carlo Lomonte (Author), Piero Lisi (Author), Cristina Karohl (Author), Biagio Di Di Iorio (Author), Antonio Bellasi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vascular calcification (VC) is a prominent feature that affects up to 40 to 80% of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients depending on the degree of renal impairment. Though etiology and pathogenesis of the different types of VC are far from being elucidated, it is conceivable that an imbalance betwe...