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

• Main Authors: Hea Yoon Kwon (Author), Oh Hyun Lee (Author), Min Joo Kim (Author), Woo Chul Joo (Author), Sun Young Lee (Author), Moon-Jae Kim (Author), Joon Ho Song (Author), Seoung Woo Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...