Presence of Abdominal Aortic Calcification Is Significantly Associated With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3852651	American Journal of Kidney Diseases	2007	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The presence of AAC is significantly associated with both all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients, suggesting that careful attention should be given to the presence of AAC in a simple radiograph of the lateral abdomen as a prognostic indicator.

Keywords

Abdominal Aorta All-cause mortality Cardiovascular mortality Hemodialysis Calcification

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Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Nephrology

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Presence of Abdominal Aortic Calcification Is Significantly Associated With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Authors

Senji MD, Eiji MD, Kayoko MD, Yoko MD, Kaori MD, Yoshifumi MD, Kiyoshi MD, Tomoyuki MD, Yasuo MD, Masaaki MD, Yoshiki MD,