Aortic calcifications and arterial stiffness as predictors of cardiovascular events in incident renal transplant recipients

Transplant International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 973-981

  Claes, Kathleen J ^a   Heye, Sam ^a   Bammens, Bert ^a   Kuypers, Dirk R ^a   Meijers, Björn ^a   Naesens, Maarten ^a   Vanrenterghem, Yves ^a   Evenepoel, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; cardiovascular outcome; transplantation; vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA CALCIFICATION; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOME; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ADULT; AORTA; AREA UNDER CURVE; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84884813347     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12151     Document Type: Article

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