Browsing Articles publicats (IRBLleida) by Subject "Intima-media thickness"

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Mineral metabolism factors predict accelerated progression of common carotid intima-media thickness in chronic kidney disease: the NEFRONA study

Abajo, María; Betriu i Bars, M. Àngels; Arroyo, David; Gracia, Marta; Pino, María Dolores del; Martínez, Isabel; Valdivielso Revilla, José Manuel; Fernández i Giráldez, Elvira (Oxford University Press, 2017-08-27)

BACK GROUND: The leading cause of premature death in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is cardiovascular disease (CVD), but risk assessment in renal patients is challenging. The aim of the study was to analyse the factors that ...
Observational multicenter study to evaluate the prevalence and prognosis of subclinical atheromatosis in a Spanish chronic kidney disease cohort: baseline data from the NEFRONA study

Arroyo, David; Betriu i Bars, M. Àngels; Martínez Alonso, Montserrat; Vidal Amat, Teresa; Valdivielso Revilla, José Manuel; Fernández i Giráldez, Elvira (BioMed Central, 2014)

Background: Cardiovascular events (CVE) are more prevalent in chronic kidney disease (CKD) than in general population, being the main cause of morbimortality. Specific risk factors related to CKD have been suggested, because ...