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ArticleAngiology2011

Incremental value of arterial stiffness over traditional risk factors in predicting subclinical cardiovascular remodeling in patients with moderate chronic renal failure.

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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Article in Angiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors.

Cristian-Razvan TiculescuCardiology ARC, "S. Maria degli Angeli" Hospital, Pordenone, Italy. razvanticulescu@gmail.com
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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Abstract

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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AgedCardiovascular DiseasesCarotid ArteriesDisease ProgressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceItalyKidney Failure, ChronicMalePrevalencePrognosisRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexUltrasonography, Doppler

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