Coronary Calcification
Computed tomography for the measurement of coronary calcification in asymptomatic risk patients Koronarkalkbestimmung mit CT-Verfahren bei asymptomatischen Risikopatienten
... Several American authors criticise the fast dissemination of a new and still insufficiently evaluated technology. Moreover it has to be considered - from an economic as well as ethical point of view - that ...
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Increased plasma BMP-2 levels are associated with atherosclerosis burden and coronary calcification in type 2 diabetic patients
... Vascular calcification is also more common in pa- tients with diabetes and is associated with increased mor- tality, stroke and amputations ...vascular calcification in patients with T2DM may be re- lated ...
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FGF-23 associated with the progression of coronary artery calcification in hemodialysis patients
... serum FGF-23 levels and CACS however the association was no longer significant after multivariable adjustment in CKD patients [10]. In a recent study performed on 16 pediatric HD patients, serum FGF-23 levels were found ...
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CT screened arterial calcification as a risk factor for mortality after trauma
... Isolated levels of CAC were not generally predictive of survival and only patients with severe CACS had higher death rates. Some previous studies have shown an asso- ciation between cardiac co-morbidities with poor out- ...
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The role of some drugs, Glycemic control and renal function test in patient with coronary artery calcification
... of calcification may reflect the cardio metabolic role of these parameters in development of vascular ...of Coronary Calcification in Patients with Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease, this ...
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Utility of the Framingham risk score to predict the presence of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
... with coronary-artery calcification above the median have an ...future coronary events ...and coronary-artery calcification adds information to the prediction of overall mortality ...
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High coronary calcium score and post-procedural CK-MB are noninvasive predictors of coronary stent restenosis
... developed coronary stents show thin stent strut and high capability of conformational change, which increases the deliver- ability to highly calcified and angulated ...of coronary calcification, ...
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Bisphosphonates, atherosclerosis and vascular calcification: update and systematic review of clinical studies
... and coronary calcification in hemodialysis patients, whereas the nitrogen-containing-BPs given orally did not significantly reduce vascular calcifications in patients with chronic kidney disease, kidney ...
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Cardiac computed tomography in patients with symptomatic new-onset atrial fibrillation, rule-out acute coronary syndrome, but with intermediate pretest probability for coronary artery disease admitted to a chest pain unit
... A total of 618 patients were screened for study partici- pation. 73 patients (59% female) patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Before CCT assessment, 24 patients or a proportion of 32% of the patients received ...
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MicroRNA 8059 as a marker for the presence and extent of coronary artery calcification
... CAC remains largely elusive. It is established that chronic inflammation within the plaque microenvironment is an important factor in the pathogenesis of coronary calcification. Specifically, for example, ...
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Skeletonized coronary arteries: pathophysiological and clinical aspects of vascular calcification
... of calcification in coronary artery disease is gaining importance, both in research studies and in clinical ...plaque calcification has a dynamic course that is closely related to the magnitude of ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC4882221.pdf
... scoring coronary calcification, some have suggested that other methods of determining coronary calcification should be ...of coronary heart ...
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Evaluation of the association of Wnt signaling with coronary artery calcification in patients on dialysis with severe secondary hyperparathyroidism
... on coronary artery and valvular calcification in patients with severe ...vascular calcification and valvular calcification by a 64-slice multi-slice CT scanner for simultaneous bone scan and ...
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Impact of vascular calcification on cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients: clinical significance, mechanisms and possible strategies for treatment
... vascular calcification in such ...valve calcification was reduced when cinacalcet was added to low-dose active vitamin D compared to larger doses of active vitamin D therapy alone [108, ...
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Abdominal aortic calcification on a plain X-ray and the relation with significant coronary artery disease in asymptomatic chronic dialysis patients
... patients calcification is often related to the media of the vessel [24, ...media calcification does not result in luminal narrowing, the luminal evaluation might still be feasible in dialysis ...severe ...
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Famine in childhood and postmenopausal coronary artery calcification: a cohort study
... We used (adjusted) logistic regression with coronary calcium (Agatston >100 yes/no) as the dependent vari- able, and an indicator for famine exposure levels as the independent variable. Because age at famine ...
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RANKL system in vascular and valve calcification with aging
... valve calcification is associated with cardiovascular mortality in the general ...of calcification, which has molecules in common with bone ...the calcification or demineralization of atherosclerotic ...
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Soluble Klotho is not independently associated with cardiovascular disease in a population of dialysis patients
... Several clinical studies have suggested that Klotho exerts strong cardioprotective effects. For instance, Klotho has been shown to protect against vascular calcifications in rodent models of CKD while in humans without ...
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The influence of body composition on the N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide level and its prognostic performance in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a cohort study
... underwent coronary angiography between July 2008 and September ...≥1 coronary artery with symptoms, electrocardiography or cardiac biomarker criteria consistent with ACS, presence of complete BMI data, and ...
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Relationship between Serum Soluble Klotho Protein and Coronary Artery Calcification and Prognosis in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis
... CAC scores (CACs) were assessed by multi-slice spi- ral computed tomography to determine the degree of CAC (10). The scan was performed using a Philips Brilliance 16-slice spiral CT. Before scanning, patients held their ...
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