ea0056p464 | Diabetes complications | ECE2018
Palanca Ana
, Castelblanco Esmeralda
, Betriu Angels
, Valdivielso Jose M
, Perpinan Hector
, Puig-Domingo Manel
, Fernandez Elvira
, Mauricio Didac
, Alonso Nuria
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). Traditional cardiovascular risk factors fail to fully account for the increase in cardiovascular risk in these patients. The NEFRONA study is a large, multicentre, prospective, observational study that evaluated atheromatous disease (AD) in the carotid and femoral territories in a large cohort of Spanish CKD ...