Vascular calcification: the killer of patients with chronic kidney disease

M Mizobuchi, D Towler… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney
disease (CKD). Vascular calcification is a common complication in CKD, and investigators
have demonstrated that the extent and histoanatomic type of vascular calcification are
predictors of subsequent vascular mortality. Although research efforts in the past decade
have greatly improved our knowledge of the multiple factors and mechanisms involved in
vascular calcification in patients with kidney disease, many questions remain unanswered …