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Calcific uraemic arteriolopathy (CUA) is a rare syndrome characterized by painful skin lesions with a mortality with chronic renal disease is reported to be 60–80%
Death is less likely when warfarin is the cause of calciphylaxis, with 15 of 18 patients reported to have fully recovered.