ArticleRenal failure2025
Characteristics and prognostic values of abdominal aortic branches calcification in hemodialysis patients.
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- Advances in the clinical applications of sodium thiosulphate.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- Higher serum follistatin levels are associated with increased vascular calcification in haemodialysis patients.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- The dual role of extracellular vesicles in vascular calcification: from molecular mechanisms to clinical translation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Internal iliac artery calcification score predicts cardiovascular disease and mortality following living-donor kidney transplantation.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2025Article
- The cross-sectional association between cardiometabolic index and abdominal aortic calcification in U.S. adults: evidence from NHANES 2013-2014.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundVascular calcification is highly prevalent and associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients. However, extreme splanchnic arterial calcification in calciphylaxis with poor prognosis raises questions regarding the reliability of previous vascular calcification scoring methods. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the distribution characteristics of abdominal aortic branch calcification and identify a more reliable predictor of mortality in hemodialysis patients.
methodsThe cohort study included 237 hemodialysis patients. The distribution characteristics of abdominal aortic branch calcification were determined by quantifying the calcification volumes. The primary and secondary outcomes were all-cause mortality and new-onset cardiovascular events, respectively. We compared the prognostic values of abdominal aortic branch calcification and constructed a predictive nomogram model.
resultsThe prevalence of abdominal vascular calcification in hemodialysis patients was 95.36%, with the highest prevalence in the abdominal aorta (88.61%) and internal iliac artery (85.65%). During a median follow-up period of 3.92 years, 137 patients died. Internal iliac artery and mesenteric artery calcification showed the greatest predictive values for mortality. Internal iliac artery calcification and serum albumin level were independently associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients (
conclusionAbdominal aortic branch calcification, particularly internal iliac artery calcification, is a preferable prognostic predictor than abdominal aorta or coronary artery calcification in hemodialysis patients.
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