Chest X-ray may serve as a screening examination for coronary artery calcification in dialysis patients

Kidney Int. 2014 Mar;85(3):710. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.509.

Authors

Kyoko Watanabe¹, Keitaro Yokoyama¹, Hiraku Yoshida¹, Yudo Tanno¹, Ichiro Ohkido¹, Takashi Yokoo¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Kidney and Hypertension, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 24583987
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.509

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease / epidemiology*
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Female
Hemorrhage / epidemiology*
Humans
Male
Neovascularization, Pathologic*
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / epidemiology*