Abdominal aorta and pelvic artery calcifications on plain radiographs may predict mortality in chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis and renal transplantation
International Urology and Nephrology Dec 20, 2017
Disthabanchong S, et al. - Herein, the role of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and pelvic arterial calcification (PAC) was assessed as predictors of overall morality in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease stages 2–5 (CKD 2–5), maintenance hemodialysis (HD) and long-term kidney transplant (KT) patients. In these patient populations, mortality prediction with PAC was better than AAC.
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