Coronary artery calcification scores in patients with chronic kidney disease prior to dialysis: Reliability as a trial outcome measure

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3199-3205

  Barraclough, Katherine A ^a,c   Stevens, Lesley A ^b   Er, Lee ^a   Rosenbaum, Debbie ^a   Brown, Jacqueline ^c   Tiwari, Pari ^c   Levin, Adeera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Chronic kidney disease; Coronary artery calcification; High resolution computerized tomography; Test reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52449095602     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn234     Document Type: Article

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