Endothelial Dysfunction in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients With and Without Failed Renal Transplants

Gorgulu N., YELKEN B., CALISKAN Y., ELITOK A., CIMEN O., Yazici H., ...Daha Fazla

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, cilt.41, sa.9, ss.3647-3650, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.200
  • Dergi Adı: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3647-3650
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background. Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is a common, early abnormality that predisposes patients to develop atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events; inflammation is associated with atherosclerosis and malnutrition. Patients with failed transplants are usually complicated by inflammation; however, ED in this group of patients has not been well defined. In this cross-sectional study, we sought to investigate ED among naive peritoneal dialysis (nPD) patients who were never transplanted as well as patients with failed renal transplants who were re-starting peritoneal dialysis (fTxPD).