Coronary artery calcification: A strong predictor of cardiovascular events in renal transplant recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3773-3778

  Nguyen, Pauline T H ^a   Henrard, Séverine ^b   Coche, Emmanuel ^a   Goffin, Eric ^a   Devuyst, Olivier ^a   Jadoul, Michel ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Kidney transplantation; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952201488     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq268     Document Type: Article

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