Vascular calcification and fracture risk

Relationship between Fetuin A, Vascular Calcification and Fracture Risk in Dialysis Patients

BACKGROUND Fractures are a common morbidity that lead to worse outcomes in dialysis patients. Fetuin A inhibits vascular calcification (VC), potentially promotes bone mineralization and its level positively correlates with bone mineral density in the general population. On the other hand, the presence of VC is associated with low bone volume in dialysis patients. Whether the fetuin A level and ...

Vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease: types and risk factors

Vascular calcification, cardiovascular risk and arterial stiffness in hemodialysis patients

Intimal and medial calcification, the two main types of arterial calcification, are associated, respectively, with arteriosclerosis and mediosclerosis. In non-dialysis patients, both intimal1 and medial calcification2 may be the result of an active regulated process with different aetiologies, where local cells, such as macrophages in the intima or vascular smooth cells in the media, differenti...

Vascular Calcification and Inherited Real Risk of Lithiasis

the “InherIted real rIsk” of lIthIasIs “Quantum Biophysics Semeiotics” (QBS) (Stagnaro and Stagnaro-Neri, 2004a) is a new discipline in the medical field and an extension of the classical semeiotics with the support of quantum and complexity theories. It is a scientific trans-disciplinary approach that is based on the “Congenital Acidosic EnzymeMetabolic Histangiopathy” (CAEMH), a unique mitoch...

Inflammation and Vascular Calcification Causing Effects of Oxidized HDL are Attenuated by Adiponectin in Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

The role of oxidized high-density lipoprotein (oxHDL) and the protective effects of adiponectin in terms of vascular calcification is not well established. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of oxHDL with regards to inflammation and vascular calcification and to determine the protective role of adiponectin in attenuating the detrimental effects of oxHDL. Cell viability, mineral...