Prevalence and determinants of coronary and aortic calcifications assessed by chest CT in renal transplant recipients

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-335

  Nguyen, Pauline T H ^a   Coche, Emmanuel ^a   Goffin, Eric ^a   Beguin, Claire ^a   Vlassenbroek, Alain ^c   Devuyst, Olivier ^a   Robert, Annie ^b   Jadoul, Michel ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium scoring; Cardiac imaging; Cardiovascular risk factors; Renal transplantation; Vascular calcifications

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIVITAMIN K; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SMOKING; THORACIC AORTA CALCIFICATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34447568441     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102978     Document Type: Article

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