Effects of sevelamer and calcium on coronary artery calcification in patients new to hemodialysis

• Published in: Kidney international Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 1815 - 1824
• Main Authors: Block, Geoffrey A., Spiegel, David M., Ehrlich, James, Mehta, Ravindra, Lindbergh, Jill, Dreisbach, Albert, Raggi, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2005; Nature Publishing; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Calcinosis - drug therapy; Calcinosis - epidemiology; Calcium - administration & dosage; Coronary Artery Disease - drug therapy; Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Female; Humans; incident hemodialysis patients; Intensive care medicine; Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; phosphate binders; Phosphorus - blood; Polyamines - administration & dosage; randomized controlled trial; Renal Dialysis; Risk Factors; Sevelamer; Treatment Outcome; vascular calcification; phosphate binders; incident hemodialysis patients; vascular calcification; randomized controlled trial; Human; Phosphates; Nephrology; Calcium; Hemodialysis; Coronary artery; Binders; Inorganic element; Urology; Extrarenal dialysis; Blood vessel; Randomised controlled trial; Chelating agent; Calcification; Circulatory system; Sevelamer

Effects of sevelamer and calcium on coronary artery calcification in patients to new hemodialysis. Hemodialysis patients are at increased risk for progressive coronary artery calcification; however, the development and progression of this disease process in patients new to hemodialysis is unknown. O...