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SUBMITTER: Kim IY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766529 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Il Young IY Ye Byung Min BM Kim Min Jeong MJ Kim Seo Rin SR Lee Dong Won DW Kim Hyo Jin HJ Rhee Harin H Song Sang Heon SH Seong Eun Young EY Lee Soo Bong SB
Scientific reports 20220118 1
Cardiac valve calcification is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Low vitamin D levels are associated with vascular calcification in CKD. However, the association between vitamin D levels and cardiac valve calcification is unknown. A total of 513 patients with pre-dialysis CKD were included in this cross-sectional study. Aortic valve calcification (AVC) and mitral valve calcification (MVC) were assessed using two-dimensional echocardiography. The associations between ...[more]