Renal function is related to severity of coronary artery calcification in elderly persons: the Rotterdam study.

Renal function is related to severity of coronary artery calcification in elderly persons: the Rotterdam study.

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcification (CAC) has been proposed to be the underlying mechanism of the increased risk of coronary heart disease with reductions in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Since renal function diminishes with aging we examined the association between GFR and CAC in the Rott...

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Main Authors: Abdelilah El Barzouhi, Suzette Elias-Smale, Abbas Dehghan, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart-Proença, Matthijs Oudkerk, Albert Hofman, Jacqueline C M Witteman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3032739?pdf=render

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