Carotid intima media thickness and aortic calcification index closely relate to cerebro- and cardiovascular disorders in hemodialysis patients

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-51

  Tsushima, Megumi ^a,b   Terayama, Yuriko ^a   Momose, Akishi ^a   Funyu, Tomihisa ^a   Ohyama, Chikara ^a   Hada, Ryukichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oyokyo Kidney Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic calcification index; Atherosclerotic vascular disease; Hemodialysis; Maximum intima media thickness; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAUSALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 37849031553     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01925.x     Document Type: Article

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