Determinants of coronary artery calcification progression in renal transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2158-2164

  Schankel, K ^a   Robinson, J ^a   Bloom, R D ^a   Guerra, C ^a   Rader, D ^a   Joffe, M ^a   Rosas, S E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary calcifications; Renal transplant; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547842709     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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