ArticleKidney international reports2018
Progression of Medial Arterial Calcification in CKD.
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- Characteristics and prognostic values of abdominal aortic branches calcification in hemodialysis patients.Renal failure · 2025Article
- The relation between breast artery calcification and subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Article
- Breast Arterial Calcification on a Screening Mammogram: A Potential Cardiovascular Risk Stratification Tool in Women.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Understanding Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition prevents vascular calcifying extracellular vesicle biogenesis.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2023Article
- Targeting a Silent Disease: Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Catalysis-Independent ENPP1 Protein Signaling Regulates Mammalian Bone Mass.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2022Article
- Prevalence, progression and implications of breast artery calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease.Clinical kidney journal · 2022Article
- A Reproducible Mouse Model of Moderate CKD With Early Manifestations of Osteoblastic Transition of Cardiovascular System.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- BGP-15 Inhibits Hyperglycemia-Aggravated VSMC Calcification Induced by High Phosphate.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Evaluation of aortic calcification using a three-dimensional volume-rendering method in patients with end-stage kidney disease.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2021Article
- Regulatory Role of Sex Hormones in Cardiovascular Calcification.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- EMbedding and Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy: A Detailed Protocol for the Whole-Specimen, High-Resolution Analysis of Cardiovascular Tissues.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Vascular Calcification Slows But Does Not Regress After Kidney Transplantation.Kidney international reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionMedial arterial calcification is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and portends poor clinical outcomes, but its progression relative to the severity of CKD and the role of other risk factors is unknown because of the lack of reliable quantification.
methodsCalcification of breast arteries detected by mammography, which is exclusively medial and correlates with medial calcification in peripheral arteries and with cardiovascular outcomes, was used to measure the progression of medial arterial calcification in women with CKD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Measurements showed intra- and interobserver correlations of 0.98, an interstudy variability of 8% to 11%, and a correlation with computed tomographic measurements of 0.92.
resultsProgression of calcification was measured in 60 control subjects (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 90 ml/min per 1.73 m
conclusionMammography is a convenient and reliable method to measure the progression of medial arterial calcification. Progression does not increase until advanced stages of CKD, accelerates markedly in ESRD, and returns to control rates after kidney transplantation. Diabetes significantly increases progression in CKD and ESRD.
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