A simple score predicts future cardiovascular events in an inception cohort of dialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 543-548

  Schwaiger, J P ^a   Neyer, U ^b,c   Sprenger Mahr H ^b,c   Kollerits, B ^a   Mundle M ^b   Langle M ^b   Kronenberg, F ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Feldkirch Hospital   (Austria)

^c Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment (VIVIT) Feldkirch   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arteries; Chronic; Dialysis, transplantation; Kidney failure; Vascular calcification; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746496635     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001589     Document Type: Article

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