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Lead
Universiteit Antwerpen
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
patients with CKD stage 3-4 (eGFR (15-59 ml/min/1.73m2) without cardiovascular disease.
You may not be if
patients \< 18 years
pregnancy
warfarin therapy
glucocorticoid therapy
clinically active malignant disease
heart failure (ejection fraction \< 50%)
peripheral vascular disease, defined as a history of intermittent claudication, abnormal peripheral angiography or Doppler ultrasound, lower limb artery bypass surgery/angioplasty/stenting or non-traumatic lower extremity amputation
cerebrovascular disease, defined as a history of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke, significant stenosis of the A. carotis on ultrasound/CT angiography or carotid endarterectomy/stenting
coronary artery disease (CAD), defined as a history of myocardial infarction, coronary artery angioplasty/stenting/bypass surgery, significant structural coronary lesions on angiography or high suspicion of CAD on a maximal exercise test
