Association of coronary artery calcium with adverse cardiovascular outcomes and death in patients with chronic kidney disease: results from the KNOW-CKD.
Chan-Young JungHae-Ryong YunJung Tak ParkYoung Su JooHyung Woo KimTae-Hyun YooShin-Wook KangJoongyub LeeDong-Wan ChaeWookyung ChungYong-Soo KimKook-Hwan OhSeung-Hyeok HanPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2022)
In Korean patients with CKD, CACS was independently associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause death. CACS also showed modest improvements in prediction performance over conventional cardiovascular risk factors.