ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

• Published in: Rat͡s︡ionalʹnai͡a︡ farmakoterapii͡a︡ v kardiologii Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 83 - 91
• Main Authors: Kobalava, J. D., Kotovskaya, Yu. V., Villevalde, S. V., Soloveva, A. E., Amirbegishvili, I. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Столичная издательская компания 01.01.2014
• Subjects: arterial stiffness; cardiovascular disease; chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. CKD is characterized by accelerated aging of vessels in which the age-related arterial stiffness increase is exacerbated by a number of uremia-related processes. Increased arterial stiffness is associated with structural...