Quantitative Analysis of Abdominal Aortic Calcification in CKD Patients Without Dialysis Therapy by Use of the Agatston Score

• Main Authors: Mitsuru Ichii (Author), Eiji Ishimura (Author), Hideaki Shima (Author), Yoshiteru Ohno (Author), Akinobu Ochi (Author), Shinya Nakatani (Author), Akihiro Tsuda (Author), Shoichi Ehara (Author), Katsuhito Mori (Author), Shinya Fukumoto (Author), Toshihide Naganuma (Author), Yoshiaki Takemoto (Author), Tatsuya Nakatani (Author), Masaaki Inaba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aim: The aim of the present study was to quantitatively examine factors associated with aortic calcification in non-dialysis CKD patients. Methods: We quantitatively investigated aortic calcification from the renal artery to the bifurcation in 149 non-dialysis CKD patients (58±16 years; 9...