Aortic Arch Calcification Predicts Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

• Asıl Yazarlar: Mizuki Komatsu (Yazar), Masayuki Okazaki (Yazar), Ken Tsuchiya (Yazar), Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Yazar), Kosaku Nitta (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Karger Publishers, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Background/Aim: Vascular calcification is associated with cardiovascular risk in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Previous reports have shown that simple assessment of aortic arch calcification (AoAC) using plain radiography is associated with cardiovascular mortality in the general populati...