ArticleKidney international reports2020
Vascular Calcification Slows But Does Not Regress After Kidney Transplantation.
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- Ipsilateral Aorto-Iliac Calcification is Not Directly Associated With eGFR After Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study Analyzed Using a Linear Mixed Model.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Article
- Association of Abdominal Arterial Calcification Score with Patients' Survival and Kidney Allograft Function after Kidney Transplant.World journal of surgery · 2022Article
- A CT-based pelvic calcification score in kidney transplant patients is a possible predictor of graft and overall survival.The British journal of radiology · 2022Article
- Warfarin-Induced Calcification: Potential Prevention and Treatment Strategies.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Prevalence, progression and implications of breast artery calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease.Clinical kidney journal · 2022Article
- Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease: Distinct Features of Pathogenesis and Clinical Implication.Korean circulation journal · 2021Review
- Medial Arterial Calcification: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2021Review
- Contribution of Gut Microbiota-Derived Uremic Toxins to the Cardiovascular System Mineralization.Toxins · 2021Review
- Inflammatory Cells Accelerated Carotid Artery CalcificationFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- The Enigma of Vascular Calcifications.Kidney international reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionMedial arterial calcification is a common and progressive lesion in end-stage renal disease that is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. Whether this lesion can be arrested or reversed is unknown, and was examined retrospectively by measuring progression of breast arterial calcification before and after kidney transplantation.
methodsArterial calcification was measured on serial mammograms from patients with previous kidney transplantation and compared to measurements performed before transplantation or in patients on the active waitlist. Serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dl after transplantation or warfarin use were exclusions.
resultsMedian (interquartile range) progression of arterial calcification was 12.9 mm/breast per year (5.9 to 32.6) in 34 patients before or awaiting transplantation compared to just 1.2 mm/breast per year (-0.54 to 5.1) in 34 patients after transplantation (
conclusionIn this first quantitative study of the effect of kidney transplantation, medial arterial calcification appeared to slow to rates seen in patients with normal renal function, indicating that the effect of renal failure may be completely abrogated. Overall, however, there was no significant regression, suggesting that calcification is irreversible and emphasizing the importance of prevention. Duration of pretransplant end-stage renal disease but not baseline calcification was a determinant of progression, consistent with cumulative, permanent changes to arteries that promote calcification.
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