ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2018
Prognostic value of cardiovascular calcifications in hemodialysis patients: a longitudinal study.
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- Progress on the related mechanisms of vascular calcification in autogenous arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patients.Renal failure · 2026Review
- Vascular Calcification and the Gut and Blood Microbiome in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis: A Pilot Study.Biomolecules · 2022Article
- Relationship of abdominal aortic calcification with lumbar vertebral volumetric bone mineral density assessed by quantitative computed tomography in maintenance hemodialysis patients.Archives of osteoporosis · 2022Article
- Circulating Osteoprotegerin in Chronic Kidney Disease and All-Cause Mortality.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Significance of acPWV for Survival of Hemodialysis Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2018 · on this mapReview
- Biomarkers and Predictors of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Different Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis SocietyReview
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Abstract
purposeCardiovascular calcifications (CVC) are present in up to 70% of non-diabetic dialysis patients. Sparse data are available on predictors of very long-term outcomes of such patients. The Belgrade Aachen Study on Calcification in Hemodialysis patients (BASCH study) aimed to study this using a comprehensive CVC assessment.
methodsWe prospectively analyzed 220 hemodialysis patients followed for a mean of 76 months (median 73 months, range 6-160 months). We compared patients deceased from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and survivors. Analyses included composite calcification scores (determined by combining ultrasound and X-ray analyses), demographic, clinical and laboratory data and pulse wave velocity (PWV). For survival analysis, patients were divided into group according to quartiles (Q).
resultsCompared to survivors, deceased patients from CVD were significantly older, more frequently hypertensive, had shorter dialysis times per week and lower Kt/V values, and they exhibited lower serum fetuin A, osteoprotegerin and hemoglobin as well as higher CRP levels. Composite calcification and Adragao scores were significantly higher in deceased patients from CVD as was PWV. Mean survival was 101 ± 47 months (Q1), 87 ± 51 month (Q2), 66 ± 48 (Q3) and 54 ± 45 months (Q4), p = 0.000. Cox multivariate regression analysis showed that independent predictors for cardiovascular mortality were composite calcification score in the range of third and fourth quartiles.
conclusionComposite calcification score emerged as significant predictors of long-term survival in our group of largely non-diabetic dialysis patient population, finding that should be confirmed by intervention studies.
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