Relationships between abdominal aortic calcification, glomerular filtration rate, and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease 
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CONCLUSION: AAC was highly prevalent in CKD. The degree of calcification in the abdominal aorta was strongly associated with a decline in GFR, a decrease in plasma albumin, an increase in plasma phosphate, an increase in pulse pressure, and cardiac structural changes, such as an increase in LVM, LAV, and LAVI.
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PMID: 30309449 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Nephrology - October 12, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Zhou Y, Hellberg M, Kouidi E, Deligiannis A, Höglund P, Clyne N Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research