Journal article
Lower serum magnesium is associated with vascular calcification in peritoneal dialysis patients: a cross sectional study
Abstract
BackgroundCoronary artery calcification (CAC) is highly prevalent among dialysis patients and is associated with increased cardiovascular and all cause mortality. Magnesium (Mg) inhibits vascular calcification in animal and in-vitro studies but whether the same effect occurs in humans is uncertain.MethodsA single centre cross-sectional study of 80 prevalent peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients; on PD only for a minimum of 3 months. A radiologist …
Authors
Molnar AO; Biyani M; Hammond I; Harmon JP; Lavoie S; McCormick B; Sood MM; Wagner J; Pena E; Zimmerman DL
Journal
BMC Nephrology, Vol. 18, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2017
DOI
10.1186/s12882-017-0549-y
ISSN
1471-2369