Aortic Calcification and Femoral Bone Density Are Independently Associated with Left Ventricular Mass in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Colin D. Chue; Nadezhda A. Wall; Nicola J. Crabtree; Daniel Zehnder; William E. Moody; Nicola C. Edwards; Richard P. Steeds; Jonathan N. Townend; Charles J. Ferro

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039241

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Aortic Calcification and Femoral Bone Density Are Independently Associated with Left Ventricular Mass in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Colin D. Chue,

Affiliations School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Nadezhda A. Wall,

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Nicola J. Crabtree,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Daniel Zehnder,

Affiliation Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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William E. Moody,

Affiliations School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Nicola C. Edwards,

Affiliations School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Richard P. Steeds,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Jonathan N. Townend,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Charles J. Ferro

* E-mail: charles.ferro@uhb.nhs.uk

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Aortic Calcification and Femoral Bone Density Are Independently Associated with Left Ventricular Mass in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Colin D. Chue,
Nadezhda A. Wall,
Nicola J. Crabtree,
Daniel Zehnder,
William E. Moody,
Nicola C. Edwards,
Richard P. Steeds,
Jonathan N. Townend,
Charles J. Ferro

Published: June 18, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039241

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