...Noam Nagel; Ruth Rahamimov; Dana Bielopolski; Tali Steinmetz; Keren Skalsky; Boris Zingerman; Eviatar Nesher; Asher Korzets; Benaya Rozen-Zvi; Timna Agur Introduction: The correlation between hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) remains uncertain...

...Carlos Eduardo Duran; Mayra Estacio; Daniela Espinosa; Eliana Manzi; Juan G. Posada; Liliana Mesa; Johanna Schweineberg Introduction: The association of APOL1 risk variants with cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in observational and clinical trials has had inconsistent results...

... PD, peritoneal dialysis; CVD, cardiovascular disease; BP, blood pressure; Kt/V urea, fractional urea clearance; BMI, body mass index; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; iPTH, intact parathyroid hormone; TG, triglyceride; TCHO, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density...

... Epidemiology Outcome Diabetes mellitus Diabetic nephropathy Cardiovascular disease Diabetes mellitus is a rapidly evolving global health problem that increasingly assumes epidemic proportions. Throughout the past 20 years, the global prevalence has more than tripled, with type 2 diabetes (T2DM...

...Anna-Carolina Friedrich; Peter Linz; Armin M. Nagel; Daniela Rosenhauer; Stephan Horn; Mario Schiffer; Michael Uder; Christoph Kopp; Anke Dahlmann Background: The relationship between Na + balance and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in hemodialysis (HD) patients is not yet fully understood. We...

... suppl. Table 1. Cardiovascular disease Chronic kidney disease Aortic calcification Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at remarkably high risk for cardiovascular events and death [1]. Atherosclerosis and arterial calcification often progress rapidly in CKD patients...

...Louisa Sukkar; Tamara Young; Meg J. Jardine Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is frequently associated with the development of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Some newer glucose-lowering agents confer both cardiac and kidney benefits, as supported by robust data...

... century, concern has arisen if a chronic high consumption of phosphate may be toxic impacting on healthy aging. Summary: Several studies show an association between higher serum phosphate levels and a higher risk of overall mortality and cardiovascular disease. Moreover, higher phosphate levels also...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Chronic kidney disease Waiting-list Kidney transplantation Atheromatosis Arteriosclerosis Vascular calcification Cardiovascular disease Mortality Growing evidence suggests that chronic kidney disease (CKD...

...Peter Yam-Kau Poon; Jack Kit-Chung Ng; Winston Wing-Shing Fung; Kai-Ming Chow; Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan; Philip Kam-Tao Li; Cheuk-Chun Szeto Background: Endocan is associated with endothelial dysfunction. In peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, cardiovascular disease is a common cause of mortality. We...

...Silvia Lai; Marco Mangiulli; Adolfo M. Perrotta; Gianluca Di Lazzaro Giraldi; Massimo Testorio; Edoardo Rosato; Rosario Cianci; Antonietta Gigante Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease...

...Xin Chen; Yong-Ping Lu; Ting Luo; Hong-Wei Wu; Su-Fen Cai; Mei Tian; Liang-Hong Yin; Bernhard K. Krämer; Fan-Na Liu; Berthold Hocher; Saban Elitok Free vitamin D is the biologically active form of vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular disease, the most common cause...

...Christof Aigner; Daniel Cejka; Christopher Sliber; Melanie Fraunschiel; Gere Sunder-Plassmann; Martina Gaggl Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and metabolic acidosis might accelerate vascular calcification. The T 50...

... in chronic hemodialysis patients. Based on our literature review, GNRI has been found to be an effective tool for identifying patients with nutrition-related risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease. [email protected] 20 07 2017 5 12 2018 14 12 2018 © 2018 The Author(s...

.... Disease management Hemodialysis Chronic kidney disease Cardiovascular disease Physical activity Physical function Exercise Patients undergoing hemodialysis have reduced levels of physical activity and physical function, [ 1-3 ] both of which are key components of frailty. A previous meta...

..., the most important effects of EPCs seem to be depended on paracrine effects. In recent studies, specific microvesicles and mRNAs have been found to mediate the pro-angiogenic and regenerative effects of EPCs on endothelium. EPC counts have important prognostic implications in cardiovascular diseases (CVD...

... of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Key Words Chronic kidney disease Metabolic syndrome Cardiovascular disease Glomerular filtration rate Microalbuminuria Risk Abstract Background/Aims: The metabolic syndrome (MetS), as assessed using dichotomous criteria...

..., extracellular volume and global longitudinal strain measurement. The review also summarises their potential clinical relevance in CKD patients based on recently published studies. The cause of cardiovascular disease in CKD is multifactorial. Conventional and non-conventional risk factors both contribute...

...Xishao Xie; Xiaohui Zhang; Shilong Xiang; Xingqun Yan; Haojie Huang; Yuanshi Tian; Zhangfei Shou; Jianghua Chen Background/Aims: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in dialysis patients. Little is known about the relationship between very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cardiovascular disease Peritoneal dialysis Nutrition First...