Background The prognostic value of inflammatory index in esophageal cancer (EC) has not
been established. In the present study, therefore, we initially evaluated a novel prognostic …

Background: Hypothyroidism is known to be correlated with multiple heart diseases.
However, the influence of hypothyroidism on the patients with heart valve disease (HVD) is …

Background Although mineral metabolism disorder influences cardiac valvular calcification
(CVC), few previous studies have examined the effects of non-calcium-containing and …

Sera from 84 haemodialysis (HD) patients and 68 healthy blood donors were analysed with
commercially available ELISA techniques for fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF‐23) …

Background and aims Mild-to-moderate aortic stenosis (AS) and aortic sclerosis, a precursor
of AS, are associated with mortality in the general population; however, their association in …

Background: Inflammation is essential in cardiorenal syndrome, however there is still a lack
of evidence proving the interaction between cardiac injury, renal dysfunction and the …

In earlier days, periarticular accumulations of calcium phosphate causing tumor‐like
depositions were considered the result of passive precipitation and referred to as metastatic …

Abstract Background/Aims: The prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients
undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD) is reportedly higher than that in healthy …

Valvular calcification (VC) in chronic kidney disease is frequent, although most information
derives from prevalent dialysis patients. There are few studies that analyse VC in patients …