| Incremental Value of Arterial Stiffness Over Traditional Risk Factors in Predicting Subclinical Cardiovascular Remodelling in Patients With Moderate Chronic Renal Failure. | |
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PMID: 21555312 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Cardiovascular remodeling in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is responsible for the high mortality found in this condition. A total of 89 consecutive outpatients with stage III CKD and 52 patients with stage II CKD with similar degree of traditional atherosclerotic risk factors underwent routine echocardiographic and carotid Doppler examination, evaluating vascular and cardiac remodeling (intima-media thickness [IMT] and left ventricular mass index [LVMi]), and its relation with arterial stiffness, determined in the same examination, using an echo-tracking technique. Also the absolute values of LVMi and IMT were statistically similar between the 2 groups, their determinants were completely different, only in stage III the markers of renal impairment and arterial stiffness being independent predictors of cardiac and vascular modifications. We concluded that macroanatomical measurements do not fully describe cardiovascular remodeling in this setting. Arterial stiffness echo-tracking derived could add valuable information, being an easy-to-perform parameter during a routine examination. |
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Cristian-Razvan Ticulescu; Olga Vriz; Lina Sparacino; Bogdan A Popescu; Carmen Ginghina; Gian Luigi Nicolosi; Eugenio Cervesato; Giacomo Panarello; Scipione Carerj; Francesco Antonini-Canterin |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-8 |
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Title: Angiology Volume: - ISSN: 1940-1574 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0203706 Medline TA: Angiology Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Cardiology ARC, ''S. Maria degli Angeli'' Hospital, Pordenone, Italy. |
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