Abdominal aortic calcification score predicts the occurrence of coronary artery disease in middle-aged peritoneal dialysis patients.
Hung-Chih ChenChe-Yi ChouHsuan-Jen LinChiu-Ching HuangChiz-Tzung ChangPublished in: Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) (2019)
AAC score can predict CAD occurrence in PD patients. Age, diabetes, hypertension, dialysis vintage and serum potassium level are factors associated with higher AAC score.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- risk assessment
- blood pressure
- heart failure
- metabolic syndrome
- abdominal aortic
- cardiovascular events
- adipose tissue
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- left ventricular
- arterial hypertension