Biomarkers Associated with Vascular and Valvular Calcification in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Background: Cardiovascular calcification, including arterial intimal and medial calcification (AIC and AMC) and valvular calcification (VC) are important predictors of outcome in chronic dialysis patients. We aimed to compare their prevalence and analyze respective risk factors in hemodialysis (HD)...

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Main Authors: Chien-Te Lee, Sarah Chua, Chung-Yao Hsu, Yu-Che Tsai, Hwee-Yeong Ng, Chien-Chun Kuo, Chien-Hsing Wu, Te-Chun Chen, Terry Ting-Yu Chiu, Yueh-Ting Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/DMA-130965