Artery Research
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 81-90 , September 2010

Role of aortic calcification, stiffness and wave reflections in cardiovascular risk in dialysis patients: Baseline data from the CORD study

  • Francis Verbeke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Section, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Gent University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology section, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 9 332 45 12; fax: +32 9 332 38 47.
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  • Raymond Vanholder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Section, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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  • Pieter L. Rensma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, St. Elisabeth Hospital Tilburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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  • Björn Wikström

      Affiliations

    • Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Per Bruno Jensen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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  • Jean-Marie Krzesinski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Liege University Hospital, Liege, Belgium
    • ,
  • Merete Rasmussen

      Affiliations

    • Genzyme A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Wim Van Biesen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Section, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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  • Eero Honkanen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • on behalf of the CORD Study investigators

Received 23 April 2010 ,Revised 9 June 2010 ,Accepted 17 June 2010.

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PII: S1872-9312(10)00037-2

doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2010.06.004

Artery Research
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 81-90 , September 2010

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