Evaluation of aortic arch calcification in hemodialysis patients

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-293

  Fabbian, Fabio ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^b   Orlandi, Valentina ^a   Conte, Maria Maddalena ^c   Lupo, Antonio ^c   Catizone, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Este Hospital   (Italy)

^c Civile Maggiore Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic arch calcification; Chest radiography; Hemodialysis; Uremia; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; LIPID; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23144447695     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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