Mismatch between stiffness in elastic and muscular arteries as a predictor of vascular calcification in dialysis patients
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DOI: 10.1007/s40520-017-0787-7
Abstract: BackgroundVascular calcification is one of the risk factors for arterial stiffness in patients with chronic kidney disease. We hypothesized that a mismatch between elastic and muscular arteries, represented as pulse wave velocity (PWV) ratio, could… read more here.
Keywords: elastic muscular; calcification; muscular arteries; pwv ratio ... See more keywords