Calcification of peripheral arteries and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in patients undergoing renal replacement therapy

Vascular calcification is common in patients with chronic kidney disease and in kidney transplant recipients. It leads to increased arterial stiffness, left ventricular hypertrophy, complicates formation of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis, decreases coronary artery perfusion, and generally in...

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Main Authors: O. N. Vetchinnikova, E. Yu. Polyakova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs named after V.I.Shumakov 2019-10-01
Series:Vestnik Transplantologii i Iskusstvennyh Organov
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Online Access:https://journal.transpl.ru/vtio/article/view/1068