Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 139-144 , September 2007

Arterial Stiffness in Hemodialysis Patients

  • Wen-Tien Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ru-Ping Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Hsien Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Te-Chao Fang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bang-Gee Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Chung Yang Road, Section 3, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 26 February 2007 ,Revised 16 March 2007 ,Accepted 29 March 2007.

References 

  1. Parfrey PS , Foley RN . The clinical epidemiology of cardiac disease in chronic renal failure . J Am Soc Nephrol . 1999;10:1606–1615
  2. Blacher J , Guerin AP , Pannier B , Marchais SJ , Safar ME , London GM . Impact of aortic stiffness on survival in end stage renal disease . Circulation . 1999;99:2434–2439
  3. Blacher J , Safar ME , Guerin AP , Pannier B , Marchais SJ , London GM . Aortic pulse wave velocity index and mortality in end-stage renal disease . Kidney Int . 2003;63:1852–1860
  4. Chade AR , Lerman A , Lerman LO . Kidney in early atherosclerosis . Hypertension . 2005;45:1042–1049
  5. Lindner A , Charra B , Sherrard D , Scribner BM . Accelerated atherosclerosis in prolonged maintenance hemodialysis . N Engl J Med . 1974;290:697–702
  6. London GM , Drüeke TB . Atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis in chronic renal failure . Kidney Int . 1997;51:1678–1695
  7. Kubo T , Miyata M , Minagoe S , Setoyama S , Maruyama I , Tei C . Simple oscillometric technique for determining new indices of arterial distensibility . Hypertens Res . 2002;25:351–358
  8. Yamashina A , Tomiyama H , Takeda K , et al.   Validity, reproducibility, and clinical significance of noninvasive brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity measurement . Hypertens Res . 2002;25:359–364
  9. Yufu K , Takahashi N , Anan F , Hara M , Yoshimatsu H , Saikawa T . Brachial arterial stiffness predicts coronary atherosclerosis in patients at risk for cardiovascular diseases . Jpn Heart J . 2004;45:231–242
  10. Munakata M , Sakuraba J , Tayama J , et al.   Higher brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is associated with more advanced carotid atherosclerosis in end-stage renal disease . Hypertens Res . 2005;28:9–14
  11. Kitahara T , Ono K , Tsuchida A , et al.   Impact of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and ankle-brachial blood pressure index on mortality in hemodialysis patients . Am J Kidney Dis . 2005;46:688–696
  12. Kimoto E , Shoji T , Shinohara K , et al.   Regional arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease . J Am Soc Nephrol . 2006;17:2245–2252
  13. Guerin AP , Marchais SJ , Metivier F , London GM . Arterial structural and functional alterations in uraemia . Eur J Clin Invest . 2005;35(Suppl 3):S85–S88
  14. Foley RN , Parfrey PS , Sarnak MJ . Clinical epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in chronic renal disease . Am J Kidney Dis . 1998;32(Suppl 3):S112–S119
  15. Parfrey PS . Cardiac disease in dialysis patients: diagnosis, burden of disease, prognosis, risk factors and management . Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2000;15(Suppl 5):S58–S68
  16. Blacher J , Guerin AP , Pannier B , Marchais SJ , London GM . Arterial calcifications, arterial stiffness, and cardiovascular risk in end-stage renal disease . Hypertension . 2001;38:938–942
  17. Zoccali C , Mallamaci F , Tripepi G . Adipose tissue as a source of inflammatory cytokines in health and disease: focus on end-stage renal disease . Kidney Int . 2003;63(Suppl 63):S65–S68
  18. Wang M , Lakatta EG . Altered regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in aortic remodeling during aging . Hypertension . 2002;39:865–873
  19. McNulty M , Spiers P , McGovern E , Feely J . Aging is associated with increased matrix metalloproteinase-2 activity in the human aorta . Am J Hypertens . 2005;18:504–509
  20. Franklin SS, Gustin W, Wong ND, Larson MG, Weber MA, Kannel WB, et al. Hemodynamic patterns of age-related changes in blood pressure. The Framingham Heart Study . Circulation . 1997;96:308–315
  21. Benetos A , Adamopouolos C , Bureau J-M , et al.   Determinants of accelerated progression of arterial stiffness in normotensive subjects and in treated hypertensive subjects over a 6-year period . Circulation . 2002;105:1202–1207
  22. Lynn KL . Hypertension and survival in hemodialysis patients . Semin Dial . 2004;17:270–274
  23. Hatsuda S , Shoji T , Shinohara K , et al.   Regional arterial stiffness associated with ischemic heart disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus . J Atheroscler Thromb . 2006;13:114–121
  24. Salomaa V , Riley W , Kark JD , Nardo C , Folsom AR . Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and fasting glucose and insulin concentrations are associated with arterial stiffness indexes: the ARIC Study . Circulation . 1995;91:1432–1443
  25. Levin A , Thompson CR , Ethier J , et al.   Left ventricular mass index increase in early renal disease: impact of decline in hemoglobin . Am J Kidney Dis . 1999;34:125–134
  26. Collins AJ, Li S, St Peter W, Ebben J, Roberts T, Ma JZ, et al. Death, hospitalization, and economic associations among incident hemodialysis patients with hematocrit values of 36 to 39% . J Am Soc Nephrol . 2001;12:2465–2473
  27. McMahon LP . Hemodynamic cardiovascular risk factors in chronic kidney disease: what are the effects of intervention? . Semin Dial . 2003;16:128–139
  28. Go AS , Chertow GM , Fan D , McCulloch CE , Hsu CY . Chronic kidney disease and the risks of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization . N Engl J Med . 2004;351:1296–1305
  29. Wang MC , Tsai WC , Chen JY , Huang JJ . Stepwise increase in arterial stiffness corresponding with the stages of chronic kidney disease . Am J Kidney Dis . 2005;45:494–501
  30. Guerin AP , Blacher J , Pannier B , Marchais SJ , Safar ME , London GM . Impact of aortic stiffness attenuation on survival of patients in end-stage renal failure . Circulation . 2001;103:987–992
  31. Ichihara A , Hayashi M , Ryuzaki M , Handa M , Furukawa T , Saruta T . Fluvastatin prevents development of arterial stiffness in haemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus . Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2002;17:1513–1517

PII: S1016-3190(10)60006-7

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(10)60006-7

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 139-144 , September 2007

Article Tools