The Association of TWEAK with Coronary Artery Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Mustafa Adem TatlisuAdem AticiFatma Betul OzcanMehmet ÇelikEray KiracOmer Faruk BaycanMustafa CaliskanPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2022)
Even though the large-scale studies showed a positive correlation between eGFR and the sTWEAK levels, some studies found the increased sTWEAK levels to be associated with mortality and the severity of the coronary artery system in patients with CKD. Our results support our hypothesis that the sTWEAK level shows coronary calcification rather than other types of atherosclerotic plaques.