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ArticleClinical science (London, England : 1979)2017

Pulse-wave velocity is associated with cognitive impairment in haemodialysis patients.

Eve Miller-Hodges, Neeraj Dhaun

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Article in Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Hemodialysis Parameters and Pulse Wave Velocity.International journal of applied & basic medical research
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eve Miller-HodgesUniversity/British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute and Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, U.K.
Neeraj DhaunUniversity/British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute and Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, U.K. bean.dhaun@ed.ac.uk.
British Heart Foundation · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/13/30/29994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, its prevalence increasing with age. Cognitive impairment is common in the elderly, in CKD and in those on maintenance haemodialysis. As cognitive impairment is the precursor to dementia, the identification of reversible risk factors for cognitive decline is the key to reducing dementia risk. Arterial stiffness is one such potential risk factor. It is independently associated with cardiovascular outcome in dialysis patients. Importantly, the recent demonstration of an independent association between arterial stiffness and cognitive impairment in these patients suggests that vascular stiffness might be potentially causative in the development of cognitive impairment and also be an opportune target for interventions. Whether unstiffening of blood vessels in patients on maintenance haemodialysis can reduce the incidence of cognitive impairment or indeed slow its progression to dementia, remain unanswered questions. In this issue of the

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Cognitive DysfunctionPulse Wave AnalysisDementiaHumansRenal DialysisRisk FactorsVascular Stiffnessarterial stiffnesschronic kidney diseasecognitive impairment

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PMID28659394
PMCPMC5869851
OpenAlexW2728145128

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