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- Title
The risk of death in patients with a high coronary calcification score: does it include predialysis patients?
- Authors
Haas, Martin H.
- Abstract
High coronary artery calcification score (CACS) assessed by computed tomography is related to mortality in asymptomatic patients with normal kidney function. The predictive value of CACS is still disputed in patients with end-stage renal disease and is unknown in patients with pre-terminal renal failure. Chiu and co-workers provide evidence that CACS is associated with mortality also in patients with chronic kidney disease not yet on dialysis.
- Subjects
CORONARY arteries; ARTERIAL calcification; TOMOGRAPHY; KIDNEY diseases; KIDNEY function tests; PATIENTS
- Publication
Kidney International, 2010, Vol 77, Issue 12, p1057
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ki.2010.92