SynthesisJournal of the American Heart Association2017
Reduction of Arterial Stiffness After Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Kidney Transplantation and the Gut-Kidney Axis: Microbial, Metabolic, and Nutritional Implications for Graft and Patient Outcomes.Nutrients · 2026Review
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- Interplay between periodontitis and chronic kidney disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2025Review
- Inflammation and Arterial Stiffness as Drivers of Cardiovascular Risk in Kidney Disease.Cardiorenal medicine · 2025Review
- Wnt/β-catenin pathway inhibitors, bone metabolism and vascular health in kidney transplant patients.Journal of nephrology · 2023Observational
- Levels of Procollagen Type I C-Terminal Pro-Peptide and Galectin-3, Arterial Stiffness Measured By Pulse Wave Velocity, and Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in 44 Patients 2 Years After Kidney Transplantation.Annals of transplantation · 2023Article
- Association between Long-Term Change in Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Insights from the TRANSARTE Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of living kidney donation on arterial stiffness: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2021Article
- The influence of arterial stiffness in heart failure: a clinical review.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2021Article
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- The Salutary Blood Pressure of a Solitary Kidney.American journal of hypertension · 2020Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Nonpharmacologic-based Interventions for Aortic Stiffness in End-Stage Renal Disease.Kidney international reports · 2019Article
- Arterial Stiffness in the Heart Disease of CKD.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundEnd-stage kidney disease is associated with increased arterial stiffness. Although correction of uremia by kidney transplantation (KTx) could improve arterial stiffness, results from clinical studies are unclear partly due to small sample sizes. METHOD AND
resultsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of before-after design studies performed in adult KTx patients with available measures of arterial stiffness parameters (pulse wave velocity [PWV], central pulse pressure [PP], and augmentation index) before and at any time post-KTx. Mean difference of post- and pre-KTx values of different outcomes were estimated using a random effect model with 95% confidence interval. To deal with repetition of measurement within a study, only 1 period of measurement was considered per study by analysis. Twelve studies were included in meta-analysis, where a significant decrease of overall PWV by 1.20 m/s (95% CI 0.67-1.73, I
conclusionsThis meta-analysis suggests a reduction of the overall arterial stiffness in patients with end-stage kidney disease after KTx.
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