The association between mortality and abdominal aortic calcification and relation between its progression and serum calcium concentration in chronic hemodialysis patients

• Autores principales: Hea Yoon Kwon (Autor), Oh Hyun Lee (Autor), Min Joo Kim (Autor), Woo Chul Joo (Autor), Sun Young Lee (Autor), Moon-Jae Kim (Autor), Joon Ho Song (Autor), Seoung Woo Lee (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The composite summary score (range, 0-24) of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) devised by Kauppila et al is a simple method of assessing AAC severity. However, few studies have been conducted to determine an optimal AAC cutoff score for the prediction of mortality or to investigate th...