Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Joao Lima

Publications

• Research Article
  Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Non-dialysis Chronic Renal Patients
  Author(s): Wagner Ramos Borges, Andre Mauricio Souza Fernandes, Andre Rodrigues Duraes, Roque Aras Junior and Joao LimaWagner Ramos Borges, Andre Mauricio Souza Fernandes, Andre Rodrigues Duraes, Roque Aras Junior and Joao Lima
  
  Background: Nowadays cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of morbid-mortality. Atherosclerosis is one of the most important in this class of diseases. Aim: Identifying subclinical atherosclerosis in a population of non-dialytic patients with chronic kidney disease. Methods: From November 2012 to December 2013, we selected 40 patients with stage 3 or 4 of CKD (Chronic kidney disease) who did not need hemodialysis. CACS (coronary artery calcium score) and MTCA (miointimal tichness carotid artery) were calculated and their mean and standard deviation, median and quartiles. To verify the association between the variables we used the Fisher exact test and the Spearman correlation (p<0.05). Results: The distribution of the CACS was not as expected and the median increased with age groups. The CACS was null in : 50% of the sample in all patients below 45 years of age, 50% of those b.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000189

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