1. Cardiovascular and Patient Phenotype of Extended Haemodialysis: A Critical Analysis of Studying a Unique Patient Population
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Paul Brenchley, Frank M. van der Sande, Nicos Mitsides, Nanda M. P. Diederen, Jeroen P. Kooman, Sandip Mitra, Tom Cornelis, Natascha J. H. Broers, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Interne Geneeskunde, RS: NUTRIM - R3 - Respiratory & Age-related Health, MUMC+: CCZ Hemodialyse (9), MUMC+: MA Nefrologie (9), and RS: CARIM - R3.01 - Vascular complications of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
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Male ,Time Factors ,GLYCOCALYX ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Blood Pressure ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,DISEASE ,law.invention ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Longitudinal Studies ,Pulse wave velocity ,education.field_of_study ,NOCTURNAL HOME HEMODIALYSIS ,Hematology ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Cardiovascular physiology ,Extended dialysis ,Nephrology ,Cardiology ,SURVIVAL ,Biomarker (medicine) ,Female ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ambulatory blood pressure ,Population ,Pulse Wave Analysis ,03 medical and health sciences ,Renal Dialysis ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,ENDOTHELIAL SURFACE-LAYER ,Humans ,education ,Dialysis ,Aged ,Inflammation ,CONVENTIONAL HEMODIALYSIS ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Comorbidity ,DIALYSIS PATIENTS ,RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL ,business ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Background: Extended haemodialysis (EHD) has been associated with better outcomes compared to conventional (CHD) regimes. The cardiovascular (CV) profile of these patients has not been assessed in detail. Methods: We report baseline demographic and CV phenotype of 36 CHD and 36 EHD participants to a longitudinal multicentre study. We measured pulse wave velocity (PWV), 24-h ambulatory blood pressure, sublingual dark-field capillaroscopy and vascular biomarkers. Results: EHD patients were younger (p < 0.01), with less CV comorbidity (p = 0.04) and higher dialysis vintage (p < 0.01). Higher PWV in CHD (p = 0.02) was not independent of demographic differences in the 2 groups. Biomarker profiles were similar in EHD and CHD but abnormal compared to healthy controls. Conclusion: Although CV profiles in these 2 cohorts were similar, EHD patients were distinct from the CHD population in terms of age and dialysis vintage and appear to comprise a unique group. Direct comparison of outcomes in these groups is challenging due to clinical bias.
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- 2017