Introduction: This study aims to determine the relationship between vascular calcification, carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) and malnutrition with inflammatory parameters in dialysis patients.
 Materials Methods: 140 CKD patients 44 healthy controls were included study. CIMT was measured by ultrasonography. Valvular calcification assessed echocardiography scores (VCS) done base...

In the early 1900s, cholesterol deposition in atherosclerosis was considered a passive, degenerative, inevitable and end-stage process of ageing. After decades of research, it is now recognized as an active, regulated, treatable and preventable disorder related to deposition and oxidation of lipoprotein components. Similarly, in the past few decades, vascular calcification also has been conside...

Vascular calcification occurs as part of atherosclerosis. It is caused by the deposition of basic calcium phosphate (BCP) crystals in what appears to be a highly regulated process resembling bone formation.1–4 Vascular calcification occurs in several forms,1–4 including small crystal deposits in the neointima and large calcified areas in more advanced atherosclerotic plaques, which frequently t...