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Li J, Yu S, Tan Z, Yu Y, Luo L, Zhou W, Zhu L, Wang T, Cao T, Tu J, Bao H, Huang X, Cheng X. High Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Is Associated With Worse Cognitive Performance in the Hypertensive Population: Results From the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 13:706928. [PMID: 35250530 PMCID: PMC8893225 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.706928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BackgroundIncreasing studies have focused on the predictive value of high estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on cardiovascular diseases and mortality; however, the association between high eGFR with cognitive function is still not established. Thus, this study aimed to determine the co-relationship between high eGFR and cognitive performance in the hypertensive population.MethodsWe conducted a baseline cross-sectional study using data from the China H-type Hypertension Registry study. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) assessment was performed to evaluate the cognitive function scale, and serum creatinine was collected to estimate eGFR level. Different MMSE cutoff values were applied in participants with the various educational background to define dementia: <24 in participants with secondary school and above education setting, <20 in those with primary school, and <17 in illiterate participants.ResultsA total of 9,527 hypertensive adults with mean age 63.7 ± 9.8 years and 67% female gender were analyzed. The eGFR cutoff value of 71.52 ml/min/1.73 m2 was found after adjusting for potential covariates in a threshold effect analysis. The MMSE increased significantly with the increment of eGFR (β, 0.27; 95% CI: 0.12–0.41) in participants with eGFR < 71.52 ml/min/1.73 m2 and decreased (β, −0.28; 95% CI: −0.39 to −0.17) in participants with eGFR ≥ 71.52 ml/min/1.73 m2. Individuals with eGFR ≥ 85 ml/min/1.73 m2 have an elevated risk of cognitive impairment than those with eGFR of 65–75 ml/min/1.73 m2. Subgroup analysis showed that a greater reduction degree of MMSE was observed in female individuals and those who had body mass index (BMI) ≥ 24 kg/m2 among participants with eGFR ≥ 71.52 ml/min/1.73 m2.ConclusionOur findings observed an inverted U-shaped relationship between eGFR and cognitive function. Both the low and high levels of eGFR were independently associated with worse cognitive assessment in the hypertensive population.
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- Junpei Li
- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Biological Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
- *Correspondence: Xiao Huang,
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
- Center for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanchang University Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang, China
- Xiaoshu Cheng,
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Kopel J, Pena-Hernandez C, Nugent K. Evolving spectrum of diabetic nephropathy. World J Diabetes 2019; 10:269-279. [PMID: 31139314 PMCID: PMC6522757 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v10.i5.269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Diabetes remains an important health issue as more patients with chronic and uncontrolled diabetes develop diabetic nephropathy (DN), which classically presents with proteinuria followed by a progressive decrease in renal function. However, an increasing proportion of DN patients have a decline in kidney function and vascular complications without proteinuria, known as non-proteinuric DN (NP-DN). Despite the increased incidence of NP-DN, few clinical or experimental studies have thoroughly investigated the pathophysiological mechanisms and targeted treatment for this form of DN. In this review, we will examine the differences between conventional DN and NP-DN and consider potential pathophysiological mechanisms, diagnostic markers, and treatment for both DN and NP-DN. The investigation of the pathophysiology of NP-DN should provide additional insight into the cardiovascular factors influencing renal function and disease and provide novel treatments for the vascular complications seen in diabetic patients.
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- Jonathan Kopel
- Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79416, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Lubbock, TX 79430, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, United States
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Adar A, Onalan O, Keles H, Cakan F, Kokturk U. Relationship between Aortic Arch Calcification, Detected by Chest X-Ray, and Renal Resistive Index in Patients with Hypertension. Med Princ Pract 2019; 28:133-140. [PMID: 30481749 PMCID: PMC6545912 DOI: 10.1159/000495786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Aortic arch calcification (AAC) is a surrogate marker for arterial stiffness and hypertension-related vascular damage. Renal resistive index (RRI), a renal Doppler ultrasonography parameter, is used to assess renal hemodynamics. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between RRI and AAC in patients with hypertension. METHODS Patients with hypertension underwent a chest X-ray and re nal Doppler ultrasonography. They were divided into two groups according to RRI (group 1: RRI ≥0.70; group 2: RRI < 0.70). Two examiners, blinded to the findings of RRI, reviewed the AAC in these patients. The kappa value was detected to be 0.781 and a p value < 0.001 was considered significant. RESULTS The study included 289 hypertensive patients (mean age 63.87 ± 11.38 years). In 53.6% (n = 155) of the study subjects, RRI was observed to be ≥0.70. Patients with RRI ≥70 were older and had more prevalent AAC as well as left ventricular hypertrophy. A multiple linear regression analysis was carried out to test whether presence of AAC significantly predicted RRI. The results of the regression analysis indicated that presence of AAC significantly predicted RRI (β = 0.053; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS A strong and independent relationship was found between AAC on chest X-ray and RRI in patients with hypertension.
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- Adem Adar
- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey,
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey
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Should renal color Doppler ultrasonography be a routine test in newly diagnosed hypertensive patient? J Hypertens 2018; 36:16-22. [PMID: 28817492 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000001508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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: European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate and evaluation of urinary albumin excretion rate as routine tests in the initial evaluation and during the follow-up of all hypertensive patients. However, from a clinical point of view, renal ultrasound - a noninvasive, readily available and cheap imaging modality - could contribute to the better evaluation of a hypertensive patient by identifying common causes of secondary hypertension (HTN) originating from the kidney and more recently by detecting renal injury in severe or long-standing essential HTN by measuring renal resistive indexes. The purpose of this review is to summarize the actual evidence which could support a larger use of renal ultrasound in the work-up of patients with newly diagnosed HTN.
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Woodiwiss AJ, Norton GR, Ben-Dov IZ, Gavish B, Bursztyn M. Association of Blood Pressure Variability Ratio With Glomerular Filtration Rate Independent of Blood Pressure and Pulse Wave Velocity. Am J Hypertens 2017; 30:1177-1188. [PMID: 28992192 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpx122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Blood pressure variability ratio (BPVR)(derived from within-subject SD of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure [BP]) predicts all-cause mortality independent of BP and has a similar prognostic ability to ambulatory arterial stiffness (AASI). Whether BPVR, and AASI, offer prognostic information beyond measurements of arterial stiffness at a given pressure, as indexed by pulse wave velocity (PWV), is not known. METHODS We assessed whether BPVR and AASI were associated with indices of subclinical organ damage (TOD) [estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), left ventricular mass index, early-to-late transmitral velocity (E/A), carotid intima-media thickness (IMT)] independent of BP, and whether BPVR-TOD and AASI-TOD relations were independent of PWV (applanation tonometry) in 772 randomly selected participants from an urban, developing community. AASI was derived from 24-hour diastolic BP vs. systolic BP standard linear regression. RESULTS On bivariate analyses, BPVR, AASI, and PWV were correlated with all indices of TOD (P < 0.0005). However, after adjustments for potential confounders including age and 24-hour mean BP, BPVR, and PWV (P < 0.005 to P < 0.0001), but not AASI (P > 0.25), were independently associated with eGFR, but not other indices of TOD. Importantly, the BPVR-eGFR relation was independent of BP variability (P < 0.005) and PWV (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS BPVR was negatively associated with eGFR independent of mean BP, BP variability, and PWV. Therefore, in the prediction of cardiovascular risk, measurements of arterial stiffening (BPVR) may provide information beyond the impact of arterial stiffness.
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- Angela J Woodiwiss
- Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- The Nephrology and Hypertension Services, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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De Buyzere ML. Are All "Arterial Stiffening" Parameters Equal or Are Some More Equal Than Others? Am J Hypertens 2017; 30:1153-1155. [PMID: 28985279 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpx147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Eriksen BO, Stefansson VTN, Jenssen TG, Mathisen UD, Schei J, Solbu MD, Wilsgaard T, Melsom T. High Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index Is an Independent Risk Factor for Rapid Age-Related Glomerular Filtration Rate Decline in the General Middle-Aged Population. Hypertension 2017; 69:651-659. [PMID: 28223468 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.117.09020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Arterial stiffness is a risk factor for cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease. However, the role of arterial stiffness as a predictor of the age-related glomerular filtration rate (GFR) decline in the general population remains unresolved because of difficulty in measuring GFR with sufficient precision in epidemiological studies. The ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) is a proposed indicator of arterial stiffness easily calculated from ambulatory blood pressure. We investigated whether AASI could predict GFR decline measured as iohexol clearance in the general population. We calculated AASI from baseline ambulatory blood pressure and measured the iohexol clearance at baseline and follow-up in the RENIS-FU study (Renal Iohexol Clearance Survey Follow-Up). AASI was defined as 1 minus the regression slope of the diastolic blood pressure measurement over the systolic blood pressure measurement for each patient. The RENIS cohort included a representative sample of the general middle-aged population without baseline diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, or kidney disease (n=1608). The participant age was 50 to 62 years old at baseline, and the median observation time was 5.6 years. The mean (SD) of the GFR decline rate was 0.95 mL/min per year (2.23) and that of the AASI was 0.38 mL/min per year (0.13). Baseline ambulatory blood pressure or the night/day systolic or diastolic ambulatory blood pressure ratios were not associated with GFR decline. In multivariable-adjusted linear mixed regression analysis, 1 SD of increase in the baseline AASI was associated with a 0.14 mL/min per year (95% confidence interval, -0.26 to -0.02) steeper GFR decline. We conclude that the AASI is an independent risk factor for accelerated age-related GFR decline in the general middle-aged population.
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- Bjørn Odvar Eriksen
- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.).
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- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.)
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- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.)
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- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.)
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- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.)
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- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.)
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- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.)
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- From the Metabolic and Renal Research Group (B.O.E., V.T.N.S., T.G.J., U.D.M., J.S., M.D.S., T.M.), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (T.W.), UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway (B.O.E., U.D.M., M.D.S., T.M.); and Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway (T.G.J.)
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High glomerular filtration rate is associated with arterial stiffness in Chinese population. J Hypertens 2017; 35:385-391. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000001158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Can we predict outcome by noninvasive assessment of renal haemodynamics in hypertension? The role of renal resistive index. J Hypertens 2016; 34:1047-9. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension increases with age, due to progressive elevation of SBP, and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Extensive research has shown that lowering SBP improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with isolated systolic hypertension, yet SBP control rates remain largely inadequate regardless of antihypertensive treatment. Arterial stiffness is a major determinant of elevated SBP resulting from structural changes in the vascular system, mediated by neurohormonal alterations that occur with vascular ageing. Clinical data have demonstrated an independent association between arterial stiffness and cardiovascular outcomes. Therefore, arterial stiffness has the potential to be an important therapeutic target in the management of isolated systolic hypertension. Current antihypertensive treatments have limited effects on arterial stiffness, so the development of new treatments addressing neurohormonal alterations central to vascular ageing is important. Such therapies may represent effective strategies in the future management of SBP.
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Boddi M. Renal Ultrasound (and Doppler Sonography) in Hypertension: An Update. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 956:191-208. [PMID: 27966109 DOI: 10.1007/5584_2016_170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ultrasound (US) allows the non-invasive evaluation of morphological changes of kidney structure (by means of B-Mode) and patterns of renal and extrarenal vascularization (by means of color-Doppler and contrast-enhanced US). In hypertensive subjects it offers a relevant contribution to the diagnosis of early renal damage, acute or chronic nephropathies and nephrovascular disease. However, morphological changes are often detected late and non-specific and in recent years evidence has increased regarding the clinical relevance of renal resistive index (RRI) for the study of vascular and renal parenchymal renal abnormalities. RRI is measured by Doppler sonography in an intrarenal artery, as the difference between the peak systolic and end-diastolic blood velocities divided by the peak systolic velocity. At first RRI was proved to be a marker of renal disease onset and progression; later the influence of systemic vascular properties on RRI was shown and authors claimed its use as an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk rather than of renal damage. Indeed, renal vascular resistance is only one of several renal (vascular compliance, interstitial and venous pressure), and extrarenal (heart rate, pulse pressure) determinants that concur to determine RRI individual values but not the most important one. The clinical relevance of RRI measurement as a surrogate endpoint of specific renal damage or/and as surrogate endpoint of atherosclerotic diffuse vascular damage is still debated.To summarize, from the literature: (a) In hypertensives with normal renal function and no albuminuria, especially in younger people, RRI is an early marker of renal damage that is especially useful when hypertension and diabetes concur in the same subjects. In these subjects RRI could improve current clinical scores used to stratify early renal damage. In older subjects RRI increases in accordance with the increase in systemic vascular stiffness and, because of this close relationship, RRI is also a marker of systemic atherosclerotic burden and the role of renal determinants can weaken. The clinical relevance was not specifically investigated. (b) In transplant kidney and in chronic renal disease high (>0.80) RRI values can independently predict renal failure. The recent claim that systemic (pulse pressure) rather than renal hemodynamic determinants sustain this predictive role of RRI, does not significantly reduce this predictive role of RRI. (c) Doppler ultrasound allows diagnosis and grading of renal stenosis in both fibromuscolar dysplastic and atherosclerotic diseases. Moreover, by RRI assay Doppler ultrasound can indirectly measure the hemodynamic impact of renal artery stenosis on the homolateral kidney, by virtue of the stenosis-related decrease in pulse pressure. However, in elderly subjects with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis coexisting renal diseases can independently increase RRI by the augmentation in renal vascular stiffness and tubulo-interstitial pressure and hidden changes due to renal artery stenosis.
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- Maria Boddi
- Experimental and Clinical Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Microalbuminuria is a late event in patients with hypertension: Do we need a lower threshold? J Saudi Heart Assoc 2015; 29:30-36. [PMID: 28127216 PMCID: PMC5247301 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2015.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Microalbuminuria (MA) is a marker of vascular damage. However, many studies have observed an increased risk at lower levels of albuminuria than are currently used to define MA. Aim To verify early cardiovascular changes occurring before MA in hypertensive patients. Materials and methods One hundred and fifty hypertensive patients and 60 normotensive individuals were divided into normotensive individuals with normal left ventricular (LV) geometry (Group I), hypertensive patients with normal LV geometry (Group II), and hypertensive patients with abnormal LV geometry (Group III). The LV mass index, ambulatory arterial stiffness index, flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery, and intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid were assessed. Urinary albumin/creatinine ratio was determined using a morning spot-urine sample. Results Compared with Group I, ambulatory arterial stiffness index and IMT were significantly increased and flow-mediated dilatation was significantly decreased in Group II; however, MA did not differ between both groups. These changes were augmented when Group III was compared with Group II. MA significantly increased in Group III compared with Group II. Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed that MA, with a cut-off value of 19.25 mg/g, predicted increased IMT, and abnormal LV geometry in a statistically significant manner. Conclusion Many vascular changes, in the form of increased IMT, reduced vasodilator capacity, and increased arterial stiffness, preceded MA and any change in LV geometry. The results presented here strengthen the usefulness of adopting a lower cut-off to define MA.
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László A, Reusz G, Nemcsik J. Ambulatory arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease: a methodological review. Hypertens Res 2015; 39:192-8. [DOI: 10.1038/hr.2015.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2015] [Revised: 09/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Boddi M, Natucci F, Ciani E. The internist and the renal resistive index: truths and doubts. Intern Emerg Med 2015; 10:893-905. [PMID: 26337967 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-015-1289-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The renal resistive index (RRI) is measured by Doppler sonography in an intrarenal artery, and is the difference between the peak systolic and end-diastolic blood velocities divided by the peak systolic velocity. The RRI is used for the study of vascular and renal parenchymal renal abnormalities, but growing evidence indicates that it is also a dynamic marker of systemic vascular properties. Renal vascular resistance is only one of several renal (vascular compliance, interstitial and venous pressure), and extrarenal (heart rate, aortic stiffness, pulse pressure) determinants that combine to determine the RRI values, and not the most important one. RRI cannot always be considered a specific marker of renal disease. To summarize from the literature: (1) hydronephrosis, abdominal hypertension, renal vein thrombosis and acute kidney injury are all associated with an acute increase in interstitial and venous pressure that determine RRI values. In all these conditions, RRI is a reliable marker of the severity of renal damage. (2) The hemodynamic impact of renal artery stenosis can be assayed by the RRI decrease in the homolateral kidney by virtue of decreasing pulse pressure. However, renal diseases that often coexist, increase renal vascular stiffness and hide the hemodynamic effect of renal stenosis. (3) In transplant kidney and in chronic renal disease, high RRI values (>0.80) can independently predict renal and clinical outcomes, but systemic (pulse pressure) rather than renal hemodynamic determinants sustain the predictive role of RRI. (4) Higher RRI detects target renal organ damage in hypertension and diabetes when renal function is still preserved, as a marker of systemic atherosclerotic burden. Is this the fact? We attempt to answer.
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- Maria Boddi
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134, Florence, Italy
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Is arterial stiffness predicted by continuous metabolic syndrome score in obese children? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 10:47-54. [PMID: 26684589 DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2015.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of the article was to evaluate arterial stiffness, an early marker of increased cardiovascular risk, in relation to obesity. The continuous metabolic syndrome (cMetS) score was calculated as sum of Z score of mean arterial pressure, body mass index, serum glucose, triglyceride, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in 144 obese patients and 66 nonobese controls. Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) was calculated as 1 minus regression slope of diastolic on systolic blood pressure from ambulatory blood pressure measurements. The mean AASI increased progressively with severity of obesity. The receiver operator curve analysis of body mass index and AASI showed area under the curve of 0.64 ± 0.06; cMetS area under the curve was 0.72 ± 0.05 suggesting a better predictive power of the cMetS for an increased AASI (>0.3). Patients with obesity have significantly higher arterial stiffness. A composite score such as cMetS seems to be better predictor of an increased stiffness than individual risk factors.
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Bursztyn M. What is the Ambulatory Stiffness Index and What Is Its Role in Patients With Lacunar Infarcts? J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2015; 17:357-8. [PMID: 25689351 DOI: 10.1111/jch.12503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Michael Bursztyn
- Department of Medicine, Hypertension Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount-Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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The Doppler-derived renal resistive index has been used for years in a variety of clinical settings such as the assessment of chronic renal allograft rejection, detection and management of renal artery stenosis, evaluation of progression risk in chronic kidney disease, differential diagnosis in acute and chronic obstructive renal disease, and more recently as a predictor of renal and global outcome in the critically ill patient. More recently, evidence has been accumulating showing that an increased renal resistive index not only reflects changes in intrarenal perfusion but is also related to systemic hemodynamics and the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis, and may thus provide useful prognostic information in patients with primary hypertension. On the basis of these results, the evaluation of renal resistive index has been proposed in the assessment and management of patients with primary hypertension to complement other signs of renal abnormalities.
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Geraci G, Mulè G, Geraci C, Mogavero M, D’Ignoto F, Morreale M, Foraci AC, Cottone S. Association of renal resistive index with aortic pulse wave velocity in hypertensive patients. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2014; 22:415-22. [DOI: 10.1177/2047487314524683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gür M, Uçar H, Kuloğlu O, Kıvrak A, Şeker T, Türkoğlu C, Özaltun B, Kaypaklı O, Şahin DY, Elbasan Z, Tanboğa Hİ, Çaylı M. Estimated glomerular filtration rate is associated with both arterial stiffness and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. Clin Exp Hypertens 2014; 36:374-9. [PMID: 24432984 DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2013.827703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Even a slight decrease in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Arterial stiffness, left ventricular hypertrophy and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease, which are particularly common in end-stage renal disease. We aimed to evaluate the association between GFR with arterial stiffness, left ventricle mass (LVM) and NT-proBNP in hypertensive subjects with normal to mildly impaired renal function. The study population consisted of 285 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients (mean age; 49.9 ± 11.8 years). GFR was estimated (eGFR) by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx), which reflects arterial stiffness, were calculated using the single-point method via the Mobil-O-Graph® ARCsolver algorithm. LVM was obtained by echocardiography. Plasma NT-proBNP was measured by electrochemiluminescence. The patients were divided into two groups according to the median eGFR value (eGFRlow group <101 ml/min/1.73 m(2) and eGFRhigh group ≥ 101 ml/min/1.73 m(2)). LVM and NT-proBNP values were higher in eGFRlow group compared with eGFRhigh group (p<0.05). Pulse wave velocity and augmentation index values were higher in eGFRlow group compared with eGFRhigh group (p<0.05, for all). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that eGFR was independently associated with PWV (β=-0.422, p<0.001) and NT-proBNP (β=-0.404, p<0.001). Present study showed that eGFR was independently associated with PWV and NT-proBNP values. Importantly, these findings may explain, in part, the increase in cardiovascular risk in with slightly impaired renal function.
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- Mustafa Gür
- Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital , Adana , Turkey and
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Chen CY, Hsu TW, Mao SJT, Chang SC, Yang PC, Lee YC, Yang KY. Abnormal renal resistive index in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD 2013; 10:216-25. [PMID: 23547633 DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2012.719051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Arterial rigidity and endothelial dysfunction are systemic manifestations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The decrease in renal vascular resistance in order to adapt the increase in glomerular filtration rate after oral protein loading is known as normal renal functional reserve. We tested the hypothesis that COPD patients, even in those with mild-to-moderate airflow obstruction, are affected by systemic inflammation associated with abnormal renal functional reserve. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study enrolled 24 current smokers with a cigarette smoking history ≥ 25 pack-years and 8 nonsmokers with normal spirometry as control. Doppler sonography detected the renal resistive index (RRI) before and after oral protein loading to determine the renal functional reserve. Pulmonary function and serum tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) levels were analyzed to compare with the renal functional reserve. RESULTS The smokers were stratified into 3 groups (Group 1: smokers with normal spirometry, Group 2: mild COPD, Group 3: moderate COPD); nonsmokers as Group 4. The baseline RRI levels were similar in Group 1 and Group 4. After protein loading, the RRI elevated in all smoking groups; moreover, Group 3 had the highest RRI and with longer duration than other groups. The smokers with higher serum TNF-α levels had a longer RRI elevation. Multiple linear regression revealed forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), serum TNF-α levels and aging were independently predictive factors of impaired renal functional reserve. CONCLUSIONS A greater impairment in renal functional reserve of COPD patients was correlated with more severe airway obstruction and inflammation.
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- Cheng-Yu Chen
- Section of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Ilan, Taiwan
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Dégi A, Kerti A, Cseprekál O, Kis É, Sallay P, Szabó AJ, Reusz GS. Ambulatory arterial stiffness index in children after kidney transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2013; 17:598-604. [PMID: 23855604 DOI: 10.1111/petr.12123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Given the increase in CV morbidity after RTx and the scarcity of CV events in pediatrics, surrogate markers should be assessed to characterize CV damage in this population. AASI is a marker of arterial stiffness in adults, predicting cardio- and cerebrovascular morbidity. Our aim was to assess the determinants of AASI in RTx children (n = 54, 15.5 ± 3.5 yr) and to examine its relationship to central PWV. AASI was calculated from 24 h ABPM. PWV was determined by applanation tonometry, body composition by multifrequency bioimpedance measurement. The dipping state, volume overload, and time on dialysis were the main predictors of AASI (p < 0.05). Children with established HT (n = 34) had increased AASI, extracellular body water, and BNP (p < 0.05). In contrast to AASI, PWV did not differ between HT and normotensive RTx patient groups. There was no correlation between AASI and PWV. PWV was increased in children who spent more than one yr on dialysis prior to RTx. In conclusion, increased AASI in HT RTx children better characterizes the actual volume- and pressure-dependent arterial rigidity rather than long-term morphological changes in large arteries as reflected by PWV.
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- Arianna Dégi
- 1st Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Li ZY, Xu TY, Zhang SL, Zhou XM, Xu XW, Guan YF, Lo M, Miao CY. Telemetric ambulatory arterial stiffness index, a predictor of cardio-cerebro-vascular mortality, is associated with aortic stiffness-determining factors. CNS Neurosci Ther 2013; 19:667-74. [PMID: 23702193 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 04/13/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) has been proposed as a new measure of arterial stiffness for predicting cardio-cerebro-vascular morbidity and mortality. However, there has been no research on the direct relationships between AASI and arterial stiffness-determining factors. METHODS We utilized beat-to-beat intra-aortic blood pressure (BP) telemetry to characterize AASI in Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). By determination of aortic structural components and analysis of their correlations with AASI, we provided the first direct evidence for the associations between AASI and arterial stiffness-determining factors including the collagen content and collagen/elastin. RESULTS Ambulatory arterial stiffness index was positively correlated with pulse pressure in both WKY and SHR, less dependent on BP and BP variability than pulse pressure, and relatively stable, especially the number of BP readings not less than ~36. The correlations between AASI and aortic components were comparable for various AASI values derived from BP readings not less than ~36. Not only AASI but also BP variability and pulse pressure demonstrated a direct relationship with arterial stiffness. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate AASI may become a routine measure in human arterial stiffness assessment. It is recommended to use a cluster of parameters such as AASI, BP variability, and pulse pressure for evaluating arterial stiffness.
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- Zhi-Yong Li
- Department of Pharmacology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Guasch B, Torguet P, Garcia I, Calabia J, Martín N, Maté G, Faur D, Barreiro Y, Molina C, Noboa C, Vallès M. Utilidad de la monitorización ambulatoria de la presión arterial en la evaluación de la rigidez arterial. Correlaciones con la velocidad de onda de pulso y las tensiones arteriales centrales. HIPERTENSION Y RIESGO VASCULAR 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hipert.2012.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Doi Y, Iwashima Y, Yoshihara F, Kamide K, Takata H, Fujii T, Kubota Y, Nakamura S, Horio T, Kawano Y. Association of renal resistive index with target organ damage in essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2012; 25:1292-8. [PMID: 22874890 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The renal resistive index (RI) measured using Doppler ultrasonography has been used as a diagnostic tool in the daily work-up of kidney diseases. A better understanding of its relationship with preclinical organ damage may help in determining overall cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients. METHODS We evaluated the association between RI and the presence and degree of target organ damage (TOD) in 288 (130 male) essential hypertensive patients. RI, carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), and left ventricular (LV) mass index were assessed by ultrasound scan. Albuminuria was measured as the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) in three consecutive first morning urine samples. RESULTS In univariate analysis, patients with TOD showed significantly higher RI as compared with those without TOD (presence vs. absence of carotid wall thickening, LV hypertrophy, and albuminuria, P < 0.01, respectively). The severity of each TOD increased progressively from the lower to the upper RI tertile. Multiple logistic regression analysis found that each standard deviation increase in RI gave a 47% higher odds of having LV hypertrophy, and a 70% higher odds of having albuminuria (P < 0.05, respectively). The occurrence of at least two signs of TOD also significantly increased in parallel with elevation of RI (odds ratio (OR): 1.89 for 1 s.d. increase, P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that increased RI may be a marker of subclinical TOD in patients with essential hypertension.
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Iwashima Y, Doi Y, Kawano Y. Response to The Prognostic Significance of Renal Resistive Index in Essential Hypertension. Hypertension 2012. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.112.203380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Yoshio Iwashima
- Division of Hypertension and Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Hypertension and Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Hypertension and Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Differences between daytime and nighttime blood pressure variability regarding systemic atherosclerotic change and renal function. Hypertens Res 2012; 36:232-9. [PMID: 23076404 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Recently, new parameters related to hypertension, such as variability in blood pressure and ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI), were demonstrated to correlate with arteriosclerotic change. In this study, we investigated the correlation between circadian variability in blood pressure/AASI and renal function. We also investigated differences in the clinical impact of 24 h, daytime and nighttime blood pressure variability on renal and systemic atherosclerotic changes. We analyzed data from 120 patients who underwent renal Doppler ultrasonography (RDU) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) at our hospital ward, and investigated the correlation between circadian variability in blood pressure/AASI and renal function, including resistive index (RI) evaluated with RDU, which is thought to be a good indicator of renal vascular resistance. Subjects with higher circadian variability in systolic blood pressure (SBP) had significantly higher RI. Daytime variability in SBP correlated more strongly with RI than nighttime variability. Meanwhile, only nighttime variability, but not daytime variability, in SBP was related to carotid atherosclerosis. Similarly, AASI was significantly correlated with RI. Circadian variability in SBP and AASI were both significantly correlated with renal function. Daytime SBP s.d. was especially more strongly correlated with renal vascular resistance, and nighttime SBP s.d. was significantly correlated with intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque score. These results indicate that evaluating both daytime and nighttime blood pressure variability enables an assessment of pathological conditions in hypertensive patients to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
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Kollias A, Stergiou GS, Dolan E, O'Brien E. Ambulatory arterial stiffness index: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Atherosclerosis 2012; 224:291-301. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Doi Y, Iwashima Y, Yoshihara F, Kamide K, Hayashi SI, Kubota Y, Nakamura S, Horio T, Kawano Y. Renal Resistive Index and Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Essential Hypertension. Hypertension 2012; 60:770-7. [DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.112.196717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Increased renal restive index (RI) measured using Doppler ultrasonography has been shown to correlate with the degree of renal impairment in hypertensive patients. We investigated the prognostic role of RI in cardiovascular and renal outcomes. A total of 426 essential hypertensive subjects (mean age, 63 years; 50% female) with no previous cardiovascular disease were included in this study. Renal segmental arterial RI was measured by duplex Doppler ultrasonography. During follow-up (mean, 3.1 years), 57 participants developed the primary composite end points including cardiovascular and renal outcomes. In multivariate Cox regression analysis, RI was an independent predictor of worse outcome in total subjects (hazard ratio, 1.71 for 1 SD increase), as well as in patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min per 1.73 m
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<0.01). In conclusion, impairment of renal hemodynamics evaluated by increased RI is associated with an increased risk of primary composite end points, and the combination of high RI and low eGFR is a powerful predictor of these diseases in essential hypertension. In hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease, RI evaluation may complement predictors of cardiovascular and renal outcomes.
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- Yohei Doi
- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- From the Divisions of Hypertension and Nephrology (Y.D., Y.I., F.Y., S.-i.H., S.N., Y.Ka.), and Laboratory Medicine (Y.Ku.), Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology (K.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Third Department of General Medicine (T.H.), Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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Dégi A, Kerti A, Kis E, Cseprekál O, Tory K, Szabó AJ, Reusz GS. Cardiovascular risk assessment in children following kidney transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2012; 16:564-76. [PMID: 22694162 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01730.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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CV diseases are the leading cause of death among patients with ESRD. RTX decreases the CV risk; however, it still remains definitely higher than that of the general population. Large multicenter and longitudinal studies are difficult to perform and hard end-points of CV events are usually missing among pediatric population. Thus, appropriate estimation of CV risk is of crucial importance to define the potential hazards and to evaluate the effect of treatments aimed to reduce the risk. A number of validated non-invasive methods are available to assess the extent of CV damage in adults, such as calcification scores, cIMT, aPWV, 24-h ABPM, AASI, and HRV; however, they need adaptation, standardization, and validation in pediatric studies. cIMT and PWV are the most promising methods, as pediatric normative values are already present. The up-to-date treatment of ESRD aims not only to save life, but to offer the patient a life expectancy approaching that of the healthy population and to ensure a reasonable quality of life.
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- Arianna Dégi
- First Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Zang XY, Zhang H, Cheng SL, Gao YJ, Cao YJ, Zhao Y, Mårtensson J. Pivotal factors interfering in 24-hour blood pressure fluctuation and arterial stiffness in a community of Chinese elderly hypertensive patients. J Clin Nurs 2012; 22:379-88. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04047.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ambulatory arterial stiffness index is higher in hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease. Int J Hypertens 2012; 2012:178078. [PMID: 22675608 PMCID: PMC3364563 DOI: 10.1155/2012/178078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) is a parameter obtained from ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) that correlates with clinical endpoints. The aim of this study was to compare AASI in nondiabetic hypertensive patients with and without chronic kidney disease (CKD). Subjects with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH, n = 30) with normal renal function, aged 40 to 75 years, were compared to hypertensive patients with CKD (n = 30) presenting estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min by MDRD formula. ABPM was carried out in all patients. In CKD group, eGFR was 35.3 ± 2.8 ml/min. The mean 24-hour systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) was similar in both groups. AASI was significantly higher in CKD group (0.45 ± 0.03 versus 0.37 ± 0.02, P < 0.05), positively correlated to age (r = 0.38, P < 0.01) and pulse pressure (r = 0.43, P < 0.01) and negatively correlated to nocturnal BP fall (r = -0.28, P = 0.03). These findings indicate the presence of stiffer vessels in CKD hypertensive patients.
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Nakao K, Uzu T, Araki S, Kume S, Deji N, Chin‐Kanasaki M, Araki H, Isshiki K, Sugimoto T, Kawai H, Nishio Y, Kashiwagi A, Maegawa H. Arterial stiffness and renal impairment in non-proteinuric type 2 diabetic patients. J Diabetes Investig 2012; 3:86-91. [PMID: 24843550 PMCID: PMC4014937 DOI: 10.1111/j.2040-1124.2011.00146.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction: Although increases in urinary protein excretion generally precede a decline in the glomerular filtration rate, non-proteinuric renal impairment is common in patients with diabetes. In the present study, we examined the relationship between indices of arterial stiffness and renal function in type 2 diabetic patients without proteinuria. METHODS Blood sampling, 24-h urine collection, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were performed in type 2 diabetic patients without overt proteinuria. The ambulatory arterial stiffness index was calculated as (1 - the regression slope of diastolic/systolic ambulatory blood pressure). Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)was calculated using the simplified prediction equation proposed by the Japanese Society of Nephrology. RESULTS Of 213 non-proteinuric patients with type 2 diabetes, 60 (28.2%) had a reduced eGFR (<60 mL/min per 1.73 m(2)). Although the urinary albumin excretion rate was significantly correlated with the eGFR, 34 of 152 patients with normoalbuminuria (22.4%) had a reduced eGFR. The eGFR was significantly and negatively correlated with the ambulatory arterial stiffness index and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, but not with 24-h pulse pressure. Multivariate analysis revealed that increased age and increased urinary albumin excretion were independently associated with decreased eGFR. In addition, the ambulatory arterial stiffness index, but not brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, were found to be independently and significantly associated with eGFR. CONCLUSIONS Ambulatory arterial stiffness index is a marker for increased risk of renal failure in non-proteinuric patients with type 2 diabetes. (J Diabetes Invest, doi: 10.1111/j.2040-1124.2011.00146.x, 2012).
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- Keiko Nakao
- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Viazzi F, Leoncini G, Derchi LE, Baratto E, Storace G, Vercelli M, Deferrari G, Pontremoli R. Subclinical functional and structural renal abnormalities predict new onset type 2 diabetes in patients with primary hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 2012; 27:95-9. [DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2012.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Khoshdel AR, Carney SL, Gillies A. Circulatory syndrome: an evolution of the metabolic syndrome concept! Curr Cardiol Rev 2012; 8:68-76. [PMID: 22845817 PMCID: PMC3394110 DOI: 10.2174/157340312801215773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The metabolic syndrome has been a useful, though controversial construct in clinical practice as well as a valuable model in order to understand the interactions of diverse cardiovascular risk factors. However the increasing importance of the circulatory system in particular the endothelium, in both connecting and controlling organ function has underlined the limitations of the metabolic syndrome definition. The proposed "Circulatory Syndrome" is an attempt to refine the metabolic syndrome concept by the addition of recently documented markers of cardiovascular disease including renal impairment, microalbuminuria, arterial stiffness, ventricular dysfunction and anaemia to more classic factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia and abnormal glucose metabolism; all of which easily measured in clinical practice. These markers interact with each other as well as with other factors such as aging, obesity, physical inactivity, diet and smoking. The final common pathways of inflammation, oxidative stress and hypercoagulability thereby lead to endothelial damage and eventually cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the Circulatory (MARC) Syndrome, like its predecessor the metabolic syndrome, is only a small step toward an understanding of these complex and as yet poorly understood markers of disease.
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- Ali Reza Khoshdel
- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, AJA University of medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Gómez-Marcos MA, Recio-Rodríguez JI, Patino-Alonso MC, Gómez-Sánchez L, Agudo-Conde C, Gómez-Sánchez M, Rodríguez-Sánchez E, García-Ortiz L. Ambulatory arterial stiffness indices and target organ damage in hypertension. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2012; 12:1. [PMID: 22284388 PMCID: PMC3305545 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The present study was designed to evaluate which arterial stiffness parameter - AASI or the home arterial stiffness index (HASI) - correlates best with vascular, cardiac and renal damage in hypertensive individuals. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 258 hypertensive patients. AASI and HASI were defined as the 1-regression slope of diastolic over systolic blood pressure readings obtained from 24-hour recordings and home blood pressure over 6 days. Renal damage was evaluated by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and microalbuminuria; vascular damage by carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), pulse wave velocity (PWV) and ankle/brachial index (ABI); and left ventricular hypertrophy by the Cornell voltage-duration product (VDP) and the Novacode index. RESULTS AASI and HASI were not correlated with microalbuminuria, however AASI and HASI- blood pressure variability ratio (BPVR) showed negative correlation with GRF. The Cornell PDV was positively correlated with AASI- BPVR-Sleep (r = 0.15, p < 0.05) and the left ventricular mass index with HASI-BPVR (r = 0.19, p < 0.01). Carotid IMT and PWV were positively correlated with all the parameters except the HASI, while ABI was negatively correlated with AASI and Awake-AASI. After adjusting for age, gender and 24 hours heart rate, statistical significance remains of the IMT with AASI, Awake AASI and AASI-BPVR. PWV with the AASI, Awake-AASI and Sleep-AASI. ABI with AASI and Awake-AASI. Odd Ratio to presence target organ damage was for AASI: 10.47(IC95% 1.29 to 65.34), Awake-AASI: 8.85(IC95% 1.10 to 71.04), Sleep-AASI: 2.19(IC95% 1.10 to 4.38) and AASI-BPVR-night: 4.09 (IC95% 1.12 to 14.92). CONCLUSIONS After adjusting for age, gender and 24-hour heart, the variables that best associated with the variability of IMT, PWV and ABI were AASI and Awake-AASI, and with GFR was HASI-BPVR.
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Wang Y, Hu Y, Li Y, Li H, Chu S, Zhu D, Gao P. Association of renal function with the ambulatory arterial stiffness index and pulse pressure in hypertensive patients. Hypertens Res 2011; 35:201-6. [DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Heffernan KS, Patvardhan EA, Karas RH, Kuvin JT. Peripheral Augmentation Index is Associated With the Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index in Patients With Hypertension. Cardiol Res 2011; 2:218-223. [PMID: 28357009 PMCID: PMC5358281 DOI: 10.4021/cr92w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Vascular dysfunction is highly prevalent if not ubiquitous in patients with hypertension. We compared two different measures of vascular function obtained from digital volume waveforms with measures of ventricular-vascular load derived from 24-hour blood pressure (BP) recordings in patients with hypertension. Methods Digital pulsatile volume waveforms were captured via plethysmography (peripheral arterial tone, PAT) and used to derive augmentation index (a measure of ventricular-vascular coupling) and the pulse wave amplitude-reactive hyperemia index (a measure of microvascular reactivity). Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) and the BP variability ratio (BPVR) were derived from 24-hour ambulatory BP recordings. Results There was a positive association between PAT-AIx and AASI (r = 0.52, P < 0.05). There was also a positive association between PAT-AIx and BPVR (r = 0.37, P < 0.05). PAT-AIx was not associated with PWA-RHI (r = -0.14, P > 0.05). PWA-RHI was not associated with AASI or BPVR (P > 0.05). Conclusions PAT-AIx is associated with ambulatory measures of vascular function and may offer clinical insight into vascular burden and cardiovascular disease risk in patients with hypertension independent of information obtained from PWA-RHI.
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- Kevin S Heffernan
- Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology and the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology and the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology and the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA, USA
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Kanbay M, Turkmen K, Ecder T, Covic A. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: from old concepts to novel insights. Int Urol Nephrol 2011; 44:173-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0027-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Robles NR, Mena C, Martin de Prado J, Garcia Gallego F, Cidoncha A, Herrera J. Symmetrical Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index: Relationship with Serum Cystatin C Levels. Ren Fail 2011; 33:255-60. [DOI: 10.3109/0886022x.2011.559298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Association of target organ damage with three arterial stiffness indexes according to blood pressure dipping status in untreated hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens 2010; 23:1265-72. [PMID: 20671719 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Subclinical organ damage represents an intermediate stage in the continuum of vascular disease and a determinant of overall cardiovascular risk. We investigated the associations of pulse wave velocity (PWV), ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI), and office pulse pressure (PP) with several target organ damages (TODs) in newly diagnosed and never-treated patients with essential hypertension with respect to their dipping profile. METHODS One hundred sixty-eight hypertensive patients with recently diagnosed and never-treated stage I-II essential hypertension were evaluated with respect to the relationship of PWV, AASI, and office PP with TOD including microalbumin (MAU) levels, cognitive function, intima-media thickness (IMT), coronary flow reserve (CFR), left ventricular mass (LVM), left ventricular filling pressures, diastolic dysfunction, and left atrium (LA) enlargement. RESULTS Simultaneous estimation of AASI, PWV, and office PP independently associated with the following: (i) CFR (P < 0.01), 24-h urine albumin excretion rates (P < 0.05), left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (P < 0.01), and LA enlargement (P < 0.01) in never-treated hypertensive patients; (ii) CFR (P < 0.05), IMT (P < 0.01), left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (P < 0.05), and LA enlargement (P < 0.05) in dippers; and (iii) CFR (P < 0.05) and LA enlargement (P < 0.01) in nondippers. Nonindependent relationships revealed between (i) AASI and left ventricular filling pressures and (ii) PWV and cognitive dysfunction in never-treated hypertensive patients. CONCLUSIONS The simultaneous estimation of three noninvasive indexes of arterial stiffness leads to valuable information regarding their association with TOD including CFR, MAU levels, IMT, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, and LA enlargement in never-treated hypertensive patients regarding their dipping status.
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Ambulatory arterial stiffness index: a marker of subclinical organ damage in treated and untreated dipper hypertensive patients. Hypertens Res 2010; 34:161. [PMID: 21107337 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Relationship between ambulatory arterial stiffness index and subclinical target organ damage in hypertensive patients. Hypertens Res 2010; 34:180-6. [PMID: 20962781 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Increased arterial stiffness has been shown to predict cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients. Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between the ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) and subclinical organ damage (SOD). The design was a cross-sectional study. Subjects included 554 hypertensive patients with and without drug treatment (mean age 57±12 years, 60.6% men). The AASI was defined as 1 minus the regression slope of diastolic over systolic blood pressure (BP) readings obtained from 24-h recordings. Renal damage was evaluated on the basis of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and microalbuminuria; vascular damage was measured by carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and ankle/brachial index (ABI); and cardiac damage was evaluated on the basis of the Cornell voltage-duration product (VDP) and left ventricular mass index. The mean AASI was 0.38±0.07 (0.39±0.07 in treated patients and 0.37±0.06 in nontreated subjects). The AASI showed a positive correlation with IMT (r=0.417, P<0.001) and Cornell VDP (r=0.188, P<0.001), and a negative correlation with GFR (r=-0.205, P=0.001) and the ABI. The variables associated with the presence of SOD were AASI (odds ratio (OR)=3.89) and smoking (OR=1.55). The variables associated with IMT were smoking and waist circumference, whereas those associated with GFR were AASI, body mass index and waist circumference. In turn, smoking, total cholesterol and glycosylated hemoglobin A1c were associated with the ABI. Increased AASI implies a greater presence of SOD in primary hypertensive patients with or without BP-lowering drug treatment.
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Wang MY, Huang CJ, Wu YL, Liu JC, Tsai PS. The influence of baroreflex sensitivity on ambulatory arterial stiffness index in individuals with cardiovascular risk. Blood Press Monit 2010; 15:262-7. [DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0b013e32833c8a7f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Parati G, Revera M. Information on arterial properties from home blood pressure monitoring: work still in progress. Hypertens Res 2010; 33:662-5. [DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Craiem D, Graf S, Salvucci F, Chironi G, Megnien JL, Simon A, Armentano RL. The physiological impact of the nonlinearity of arterial elasticity in the ambulatory arterial stiffness index. Physiol Meas 2010; 31:1037-46. [DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/7/012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The dynamic relationship between systolic and diastolic blood pressure: yet another marker of vascular aging? Hypertens Res 2010; 33:659-61. [PMID: 20520611 DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Relationship of ambulatory arterial stiffness index with blood pressure response to exercise in the early stages of hypertension. Blood Press Monit 2010; 15:132-8. [DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0b013e328337cf02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Robles NR, Mena C, Macias R, Garcia de Vinuesa E, Herrera J, Macias JF. Symmetrical ambulatory arterial stiffness index: relationship with microalbuminuria and renal function. Eur J Intern Med 2010; 21:118-22. [PMID: 20206883 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the arterial stiffness parameters derived from the proposed linear relationship between SBP and DBP obtained by ABPM, regarding its relationships with two markers of renal disease, microalbuminuria and renal function. DESIGN AND METHODS One hundred and sixty six patients were studied: 73 males and 93 females mean age 55.2+/-15.5 years. 36.2% were receiving antihypertensive drug treatment. Microalbuminuria was measured in 24-h urine collection as well as albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) in first morning urine. The ambulatory BP was measured non-invasively for 24 h by the Spacelab devices. RESULTS Correlation test showed a significant relationship of Sym-AASI with age (p<0.001), serum creatinine (p=0.038), creatinine clearance (-0.423, p<0.001) and GFR (-0.263, p<0.001). On the other hand AASI was also correlated with age (p<0.001) and creatinine clearance (p=0.012), but not with the other parameters studied. 24-h albumin excretion rate was not correlated with Sym-AASI or AASI. Contrariwise, the albumin to creatinine ratio was correlated with Sym-AASI (p=0.013). As expected, AASI and Sym-AASI increase as severity of renal diseases grows. The patients in the highest quartile of Sym-AASI distribution showed an older age (p<0.001) and worse parameters of renal function (GFR, p<0.001; and creatinine clearance, p<0.008). CONCLUSIONS Sym-AASI, an improved method for detecting arterial stiffness, seems to get an independent relationship with these parameters of renal disease which could not be detected with AASI.
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- Cátedra de Riesgo Cardiovascular, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
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Kanbay M, Afsar B, Gusbeth-Tatomir P, Covic A. Arterial stiffness in dialysis patients: where are we now? Int Urol Nephrol 2009; 42:741-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s11255-009-9675-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Florczak E, Januszewicz M, Januszewicz A, Prejbisz A, Kaczmarska M, Michałowska I, Kabat M, Rywik T, Rynkun D, Zieliński T, Kuśmierczyk-Droszcz B, Pregowska-Chwała B, Kowalewski G, Hoffman P. Relationship between renal resistive index and early target organ damage in patients with never-treated essential hypertension. Blood Press 2009; 18:55-61. [PMID: 19353412 DOI: 10.1080/08037050902864078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The aim of our study was to evaluate renal resistive index (RI) value in never treated hypertensive patients in relation to ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) values and early target organ damage. The study included 318 subjects: 223 patients with never treated essential hypertension (mean age 37.1 years) and 95 normotensive healthy subjects (mean age 37.9 years). ABPM, echocardiography and carotid and renal arteries duplex color Doppler examinations were performed. RI values in patients with never treated essential hypertension were no different from the normotensive control group (0.59 +/- 0.05 vs 0.59 +/- 0.05; NS). In the untreated patients RI correlated significantly with 24-h pulse pressure (r=0.234; p<0.01) and ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) values (r=0.274; p<0.001), intima-media thickness (IMT) (r=0.249; p<0.001), E'/A' (rho= -0.279; p<0.001) and relative wall thickness (RWT; r=0.185; p<0.01). In the multivariate stepwise analysis, RI values correlated independently with carotid IMT (beta=0.272; p=0.020) and 24-h AASI values (beta=0.305; p=0.009). In normotensive healthy controls, significant independent correlation between RI and carotid IMT and 24-h AASI values were also found. Our study may indicate limited value of RI in differentiating patients with uncomplicated hypertension with healthy controls. Renal resistive values were independently correlated with carotid IMT and AASI. These may suggest that renal vascular resistance is related to two markers for cardiovascular events both in the hypertensive and normotensive subjects.
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