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Reverse epidemiology of elevated blood pressure among chronic hemodialysis black patients with stroke: a historical cohort study
The objective of this study was to assess the extent of stroke in chronic hemodialysis patients.
Source: BMC Nephrology - August 30, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Yannick Nlandu, Fran çois Lepira, Jean-Robert Makulo, Yannick Engole, Ernest Sumaili, Marie-Noelle Wameso, Vieux Mokoli, Jeannine Luse, Augustin Longo, Chantal Zinga, Pierre Akilimali, Aliocha Nkodila, Mélanie Bavassa, François Kajingulu, Justine Bukab Tags: Research article Source Type: research

A retrospective, longitudinal study estimating the association between interdialytic weight gain and cardiovascular events and death in hemodialysis patients
Conclusions: Greater IDWG is associated with an increased risk of CV morbid events. Strategies that mitigate IDWG may improve CV health and survival among hemodialysis patients.
Source: BMC Nephrology - July 22, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Claudia CabreraSteven BrunelliDavid RosenbaumEmmanuel AnumKarthik RamakrishnanDonna JensenNils-Olov StålhammarBergur Stefánsson Source Type: research

Associations between GSTM1*0 and GSTA1*A genotypes with the risk of cardiovascular death among hemodialyses patients
Conclusions: Combined GSTM1*0/GSTA1*A genotype might be considered as genetic markers for cardiovascular death risk in ESRD patients, which may permit targeting of preventive and early intervention.
Source: BMC Nephrology - January 14, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Sonja SuvakovTatjana DamjanovicTatjana PekmezovicJovana JakovljevicAna Savic-RadojevicMarija Pljesa-ErcegovacSlavica RadovanovicDragan SimicSteva PljesaMilos ZarkovicJasmina Mimic-OkaNada DimkovicTatjana Simic Source Type: research

Do higher dialysate calcium concentrations increase vascular stiffness in haemodialysis patients as measured by aortic pulse wave velocity?
Background: Haemodialysis patients have an increased prevalence of hypertension and risk of cardiovascular mortality and stroke. Higher dialysate calcium concentrations have been reported to cause both an acute and chronic increase in arterial stiffness. We therefore looked at changes in arterial stiffness in established haemodialysis patients to determine whether there was a threshold effect of dialysate calcium concentration linked to change in arterial stiffness. Methods: We performed pulse wave velocity measurements six months apart in patients dialysing with calcium concentrations of 1.0, 1.25, 1.35 and>=1.5 mmol/l. R...
Source: BMC Nephrology - September 8, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Evangelia CharitakiAndrew Davenport Source Type: research