Carotid plaque thickness predicts cardiovascular events and death in patients with chronic kidney disease
Our results indicate that cPTmax may be useful for predicting MACE in CKD. cPTmax and CACS showed similar ability to predict MACE.
Authors
- Henrik Sillesen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3302-6288)
- Bo Feldt‐Rasmussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-3027)
- Lærke Urbak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9539-1179)
- Susanne Bro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3002-4188)
- Ida Maria Hjelm Sørensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-5812)
- Theis Lange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-8347)
- Sasha Saurbrey Bjergfelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2769-4201)
- Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-1554)
- Christina Christoffersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-5203)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nephrology
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-024-03831-4
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Københavns Universitet
- Augustinus Fonden
- Copenhagen Graduate School for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Helen og Ejnar Bjørnows Fond