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Changes in endothelial function before and after renal transplantation.
Endothelial dysfunction is an early key event in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease observed in chronic renal failure patients. The role of renal transplantation (RTx) on endothelial dysfunction is still unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the endothelial function of chronic renal failure patients before RTx (while they were on hemodialysis, HD), and after RTx (at the 6th and 12th months) by a noninvasive method, brachial arterial ultrasound. A total of 22 (17 male, mean age: 33.9 +/- 11.6 years) RTx recipients were enrolled in the study. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation (EDD) was assessed by establishing reactive hyperemia. EDD prior to transplantation was significantly lower when compared with EDD measured at the 6th and 12th months after RTx (EDD pretransplantation: 6 +/- 3.7%, EDD at the 6th month of RTx: 8.3 +/- 2.3% and EDD at the 12th month of RTx: 12.1 +/- 3.6%, P < 0.001). When the EDD values measured at the 6th and 12th months of RTx were compared, measurements of the 12th month were found significantly higher than those of the 6th month (P < 0.001). Our results also showed that RTx has provided improvement in endothelial function by eliminating the uremic environment although not in the early post-RTx period.
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Biventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease.
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been shown in patients with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). However, there is no study evaluating right ventricular functions in these patients. METHODS: In the present study, diastolic functions of both ventricles in normotensive and hypertensive ADPKD patients with well-preserved renal function were investigated. Fifteen hypertensive and 16 normotensive patients with ADPKD with well-preserved renal function, 16 patients with essential hypertension, and 24 healthy subjects were included in the study. Conventional left and right ventricular echocardiographic measurements were performed in all subjects. Left and right ventricular functions were investigated both by myocardial performance index (MPI) [calculated by dividing the sum of isovolumic contraction time and isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) by ejection time] and by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI). RESULTS: Left ventricular deceleration time and IVRT were significantly prolonged in hypertensive patients with ADPKD compared with patients with essential hypertension and even in normotensive patients with ADPKD compared with healthy subjects. Left and right MPIs were significantly higher in patients with ADPKD compared with healthy subjects, showing systolic and diastolic dysfunction. Moreover, by using TDI, the peak early diastolic mitral annular velocity (Em) to peak late diastolic mitral annular velocity (Am) ratio and the peak early diastolic tricuspid annular velocity (Et) to peak late diastolic tricuspid annular velocity (At) ratio were decreased in patients with ADPKD, suggesting biventricular diastolic dysfunction. CONCLUSION: Both hypertensive and normotensive patients with ADPKD show significant biventricular diastolic dysfunction, suggesting cardiac involvement very early in the course of ADPKD.
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Endothelial dysfunction and increased carotid intima-media thickness in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular problems are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Endothelial dysfunction (ED) and intima-media thickness (IMT) are predictors for the development and progression of atherosclerosis. In the present study, ED and IMT were investigated in patients with ADPKD. METHODS: Fifteen hypertensive and 16 normotensive patients with ADPKD with preserved renal function, 16 patients with essential hypertension, and 24 healthy subjects were included in the study. Endothelial function of the brachial artery was evaluated by means of high-resolution vascular ultrasound. Endothelial-dependent dilatation (EDD) was assessed by establishing reactive hyperemia, and endothelial-independent dilatation was determined by using sublingual isosorbide dinitrate. Carotid IMT was measured by means of high-resolution vascular ultrasound. RESULTS: EDD was significantly worse in hypertensive patients with ADPKD compared with patients with essential hypertension (9.1% +/- 4.1% versus 12.4% +/- 4.6%; P < 0.05) and even in normotensive patients with ADPKD compared with healthy subjects (13.1% +/- 5.2% versus 18.1% +/- 8.1%; P < 0.01). Moreover, carotid IMT was significantly greater in both hypertensive (0.71 +/- 0.10 mm; P < 0.01) and normotensive (0.57 +/- 0.14 mm; P < 0.001) patients with ADPKD compared with healthy subjects (0.45 +/- 0.10 mm). CONCLUSION: Both hypertensive and normotensive patients with ADPKD show significant ED and increased IMT, which are predictors of atherosclerosis.
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