Coronary and extra-coronary artery calcium scores as predictors of cardiovascular events and mortality in chronic kidney disease stages 1-5: a prospective cohort study.
Ida Maria Hjelm SørensenSasha S BjergfeltHenrik Ø HjortkjærKlaus F KofoedTheis LangeBo Feldt-RasmussenChristina ChristoffersenSusanne BroPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2022)
The overall results, including data on specificity, suggest that calcium scores of the coronary and carotid arteries have the most potential for identifying patients with CKD at high cardiovascular risk and for evaluating new therapies.