Clinical assessment of @entity731 parameters and cardiac function in chronic hemodialysis XXXX .

@entity1 @entity2033 @entity730 @entity165 @entity412 @entity1391 @entity460 @entity729 @entity731 @entity122 @entity1851
BACKGROUND/AIM: @entity731 is evaluated by carotid mean intima-media thickness (mean IMT), pulse wave velocity ( @entity122 ), and the @entity730 index (ACI). We have attempted to examine if these @entity731 parameters are associated with each other and which parameters are closely related to cardiac function in chronic @entity2033 @entity1 . METHODS: The mean IMT, @entity122 and ACI were examined in 69 maintenance @entity2033 @entity1 using carotid ultrasonography, a blood volume plethysmographic apparatus and abdominal CT, respectively. Echocardiographic studies were also performed for measuring left ventricular (LV) geometry. Serum total @entity165 , high density lipoprotein @entity165 , low density lipoprotein @entity165 , @entity412 , albumin, @entity1851 ( @entity1851 ), @entity460 and @entity1391 were measured. RESULTS: The mean IMT correlated positively with ACI (r = 0.461, P < 0.0001) and tended to be correlated with @entity122 , but did not reach statistical significance. The @entity122 value correlated positively with ACI (r = 0.494, P <or= 0.0001). The mean IMT correlated positively with the LV mass index (r = 0.273, P = 0.0228), and fractional shortening (FS) correlated negatively with @entity122 value (r = -0.293, P = 0.0141) and ACI score (r = -0.289, P = 0.0158). Multivariate analyses indicated that the LV mass index was independently associated with mean IMT (P = 0.0231) as well as systolic blood pressure (P < 0.0001), pulse pressure (P < 0.0001) and hemoglobin (P = 0.016), and FS is independently associated with ACI (P = 0.0162) as well as @entity122 (P = 0.0144) and @entity1851 (P = 0.0375). CONCLUSION: @entity731 and reduced LV function are associated with @entity729 and arterial stiffness in chronic @entity2033 @entity1 .
