Uncontrolled hypertension is the most common trigger factor of posterior reversible encephalopathy

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Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is a risk factor of mortality and is associated with the progression of AAC in end-stage renal disease patients on maintenance hemodialysis. However, no cutoff value has been determined for the prediction of mortality and the optimum values of serum calcium and phosphate concentrations for the prevention of AAC progression have been still controversial.Patients with an AAC score of 48 at baseline seem to be at higher risk of mortality during follow-up. Of the serum variables examined, such as corrected calcium, phosphate, and corrected calcium phosphate, corrected calcium was found to be marginally associated with AAC progression. However, a larger-scale prospective study is required to confirm our findings.