Is cardiac valve calcification a marker of vascular disease in prevalent hemodialysis patients?
This cross-sectional analysis shows that calcification of the cardiac valves is closely associated with vascular calcification, an established marker of risk in prevalent hemodialysis patients.
IPostC and ATP-PPostC may exert cardioprotective functions by better preservation of cardiac function during the I/R process and at least partly via attenuation of myocardial apoptosis.