title: Why is coronary heart disease of uraemic patients so frequent and so devastating?
abstract: On September 6, 2001, Professor Fernando Valderrabano (Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid) died at the age of 59 years. He was a leading figure in Spanish nephrology, a full professor of Medicine/Nephrology at the University Complutense of Madrid, and an outstanding scientist who published more than 300 articles in medical journals. He was a very intelligent and cultured person, and a man of great style who enjoyed a wide range of hobbies and interests in addition to his medical work. All his colleagues and friends mourn his passing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. kerstin.amann@patho.imed.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amann
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ritz
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adamczak
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ritz
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis