Development of a cardiovascular calcification index using simple imaging tools in haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 508-514

  Muntner, Paul ^a,b,g   Ferramosca, Emiliana ^c   Bellasi, Antonio ^d   Block, Geoffrey A ^e   Raggi, Paolo ^f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Denver Nephrology   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta calcification; Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular calcification; Haemodialysis; Imaging; Valvular calcification

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846652938     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl609     Document Type: Article

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