Impact of vascular calcification on cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients: clinical significance, mechanisms and possible strategies for treatment

Impact of vascular calcification on cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients: clinical significance, mechanisms and possible strategies for treatment

Abstract Vascular calcification has now been recognized as a major problem in dialysis patients because of its strong influence on the prognosis. Along with the regulatory failure of calcification-inhibitory system, active phenotypic change of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) to osteoblast-like...

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Main Authors: Takayasu Ohtake, Shuzo Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
Subjects:
Vascular calcification
Cardiovascular mortality
Phosphate
Phosphate binder
Hemodialysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-017-0094-y

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