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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2020

Association of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Nitric Oxide with Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease.

Maro Dragičević, Iva Košuta, Egon Kruezi, Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Anna Mrzljak

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2020. 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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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Maro DragičevićDepartment of Cardiology, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Iva KošutaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Centre, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Egon KrueziDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sisters of Charity University Hospital Centre, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Marijana Vučić LovrenčićDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicie, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-7365-0627
Anna MrzljakDepartment of Gastroenterology, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Klinička bolnica Merkur · HRSisters of Charity Hospital · HRUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb · HRUniversity of Zagreb · HR

Funding

Ministarstvo Znanosti, Obrazovanja i Sporta 045-191348-0139
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesEndothelial dysfunction has been proposed to be an underlying mechanism of the pronounced cardiovascular morbidity in end-stage liver disease (ESLD), but clinical evidence is still limited. In this study, we investigated the association of circulating levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and nitric oxide (NO) with estimated cardiovascular risk in patients with ESLD awaiting liver transplantation. MATERIALS AND

methodsADMA and NO levels were measured in the sera of 160 adult ESLD patients. The severity of hepatic dysfunction was assessed by the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score. The cardiovascular risk was estimated with the European Society of Cardiology Systematic Coronary Risk Estimation (SCORE) index, which was used to dichotomize patients in the subgroups depicting higher and lower cardiovascular risk.

resultsSevere hepatic dysfunction (MELD ≥ 18) was present in 38% of the patients, and a higher cardiovascular risk was present in almost half of the patients (

conclusionsThese results suggest a remarkable contribution of the deranged arginine/NO pathway to cardiovascular risk in patients with end-stage liver disease.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesEnd Stage Liver DiseaseAdultArginineHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansNitric OxideRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexArginineNitric OxideN,N-dimethylarginineasymmetric dimethylargininecardiovascular riskendothelial dysfunctionend-stage liver diseasenitric oxidetransplantation

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