Does lowering dialysate calcium concentration improve arterial stiffness parameters in patients undergoing hemodialysis?
Lowering dialysate calcium concentration may improve arterial stiffness in hemodialysis patients, potentially via upregulation of serum fetuin-A.
Lowering dialysate calcium concentration significantly improved arterial stiffness parameters, which may have been associated with upregulation of serum fetuin-A.
Kim et al. (Sat,) studied this question.