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Preventing stroke and systemic embolism in renal patients with atrial fibrillation: focus on anticoagulation.
Abstract Chronic kidney disease and atrial fibrillation (AF) commonly coexist, and data suggest that renal patients have AF rates in excess of double that encountered in the general population. These patients are at increased risk of stroke, regardless of the presence or absence of AF. Furthermore, a lower GFR causes increased thromboembolic risk in patients with AF - independent of other risk factors. The dilemma facing clinicians treating this cohort of patients is that renal insufficiency confers both a thromboembolic and a bleeding risk. Renal disease also commonly coexists with other risk factors for stroke a...
Source: Contributions to Nephrology - May 26, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ahmad Y, Lip GY Tags: Contrib Nephrol Source Type: research

Stroke feature and management in dialysis patients.
Abstract Strokes remain the major complication among dialysis population as the number of diabetes and elderly is increasing. In chronic hemodialysis patients, prevalence and incidence of stroke is higher than that of the general population. According to the annual registry data of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, prevalence of stroke death has been declining, yet the incidence of nonfatal incidence of stroke is not known. Underlying mechanisms of stroke are multiple. Among them, control of hypertension is important for the primary prevention; however, the ideal target level of blood pressure is not dete...
Source: Contributions to Nephrology - May 26, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Iseki K Tags: Contrib Nephrol Source Type: research

Asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Disease in Dialysis Patients.
Authors: Naganuma T, Takemoto Y Abstract Cerebrovascular disease is a major cause of death in dialysis patients, who have a much higher incidence of stroke compared to the normal population. Recent studies have shown that asymptomatic cerebral small-vessel disease, including silent brain infarction (SBI), white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), is related to the future onset of stroke. Cerebral small-vessel disease is caused by microvascular damage to the small penetrating arteries of the middle cerebral artery including arteriolosclerosis, fibrinoid necrosis, and lipohyalinosis attri...
Source: Contributions to Nephrology - July 26, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Contrib Nephrol Source Type: research

Kidney disease and cognitive function.
Abstract We provide a brief review of research on chronic kidney disease and cognitive performance, including dementia. We touch briefly on the literature relating end-stage-renal disease to cognitive function, but focus on studies of modest and moderate forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that precede dialysis and transplantation. We summarize previous reviews dealing with case control studies of patients but more fully examine community-based studies with large samples and necessary controls for demographic risk factors, cardiovascular variables, and other confounds such as depression. In addition we suggest p...
Source: Contributions to Nephrology - May 26, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Elias MF, Dore GA, Davey A Tags: Contrib Nephrol Source Type: research