Coronary artery calcium assessment in CKD: Utility in cardiovascular disease risk assessment and treatment?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 937-948

  Bashir, Ahmed ^a   Moody, William E ^a,b   Edwards, Nicola C ^a,b   Ferro, Charles J ^a   Townend, Jonathan N ^a   Steeds, Richard P ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac computed tomography; cardiovascular; Chronic kidney disease (CKD); coronary artery calcification (CAC); prognosis; review

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84930479264     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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