Pulmonary calcification in hemodialysis patients: Correlation with pulmonary artery pressure values

Kidney International

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 806-810

  Yigla, Mordechai ^a   Keidar, Zohar ^b   Safadi, Isra ^b   Tov, Naveh ^b   Reisner, Shimon A ^b   Nakhoul, Farid ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Pulmonary calcification; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CALCIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 3242802905     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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