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Abdominal aortic calcification can predict all-cause mortality and CV events in dialysis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) has a pretty high incidence in dialysis patients and may be associated with their prognosis. AAC can be assessed by abdominal CT or X-ray. We determined to investigate whether the occurrence of AAC is associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovasc...

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Autores principales: Niu, Qingyu, Hong, Yang, Lee, Cho-Hao, Men, Chuncui, Zhao, Huiping, Zuo, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30240443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204526