CONCLUSIONS: We found that PWV, a measurement of arterial stiffness, was associated with both traditional cardiovascular risk factors, including SBP and LVMI, but also non-traditional risk factors such as prescription of active vitamin D analogues, suggesting a potential link between vascular calcification and arterial stiffness in haemodialysis patients.
PMID: 24473732 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)