The reverse remodeling of the aorta in patients after renal transplantation - the value of aortic stiffness index: prospective echocardiographic study

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• 作者：Tomasz Zapolski ; Jacek Furmaga ; Andrzej Jaroszyński ; Anna Wysocka…
• 关键词：End ; stage renal disease ; Renal transplantation ; Stiffness of aorta ; Aortic stiffness index
• 刊名：BMC Nephrology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1861KB
• 刊物主题：Nephrology; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2369
• 卷排序：18

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BackgroundAtherosclerosis is regarded as a combination of two major separate diseases: atherosis and sclerosis. Sclerotic component depends on deterioration of elastic properties of the aortic wall and is called aortic stiffness. The most valuable, non-invasive method of aortic stiffness assessment is echocardiography, which allows to calculate the aortic stiffness index (ASI). ASI is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in different groups of patients. The main aim of study was the assessment of the aortic reverse remodeling in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after renal transplantation (RT).