Chronic Kidney Disease Elevates Risk of Vascular Calcification

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Ashley Gallagher, Associate Editor

Conference|ASN Kidney Week - American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week

Paolo Raggi, MD, PhD, professor at the department of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Alberta, discusses how chronic kidney disease elevated the risk of vascular calcification and what the risks of vascular calcification are.

In a Pharmacy Times® interview, Paolo Raggi, MD, PhD, professor at the department of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Alberta, about his ASN 2021 Kidney Week presentation on the prevention of vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease.

He discussed how chronic kidney disease elevated the risk of vascular calcification and what the risks of vascular calcification are.