|Videos|November 7, 2021

Expert Discusses New Crystallization Treatment of Vascular Calcification

Paolo Raggi, MD, PhD, professor at the department of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Alberta, discusses promising new crystallization treatment of vascular calcification.

In a Pharmacy Times® interview, Paolo Raggi, MD, PhD, professor at the department of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Alberta, about his ASN 2021 Kidney Week presentation on the prevention of vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease (CKD).

He discussed promising new crystallization treatment of vascular calcification.

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