Cardiovascular Calcifications Are Correlated with Inflammation in Hemodialysis Patients

Background and Objectives: The main cause of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients is cardiovascular disease, which is quite common. The main objective of our study was to investigate the relationship between oxidative stress, inflammation, and vascular and valvular calcifications in hemodialysis patients. Materials and Methods: This observational study had 54 hemodialysis patients, with an average age of 60.46 ± 13.18 years. Cardiovascular ultrasound was used to detect and/or measure aortic and mitral valve calcifications, carotid and femoral atheroma plaques, and common carotid intima-media thickness. The aortic calcification score was determined using a lateral abdomen plain radiograph. The inflammatory, oxidative, metabolic, and dietary statuses, as well as demographic characteristics, were identified. Results: There were significant correlations between the levels of IL-6 and carotid plaque number (p = 0.003), fibrinogen level and aortic valve calcifications (p = 0.05), intima-media thickness (p = 0.0007), carotid plaque number (p = 0.035), femoral plaque number (p = 0.00014), and aortic calcifications score (p = 0.0079). Aortic annulus calcifications (p = 0.03) and intima-media thickness (p = 0.038) were adversely linked with TNF-α. Nutrition parameters were negatively correlated with atherosclerosis markers: number of carotid plaques with albumin (p = 0.013), body mass index (p = 0.039), and triglycerides (p = 0.021); number of femoral plaques with phosphorus (0.013), aortic calcifications score with albumin (p = 0.051), intima-media thickness with LDL-cholesterol (p = 0.042). Age and the quantity of carotid plaques, femoral plaques, and aortic calcifications were linked with each other (p = 0.0022, 0.00011, and 0.036, respectively). Aortic annulus calcifications (p = 0.011), aortic valve calcifications (p = 0.023), and mitral valve calcifications (p = 0.018) were all associated with an increased risk of death. Conclusions: Imaging measures of atherosclerosis are adversely connected with dietary status and positively correlated with markers of inflammation and risk of mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 59(2023), 10 vom: 10. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dragoș, Dorin [VerfasserIn]
Timofte, Delia [VerfasserIn]
Georgescu, Mihai-Teodor [VerfasserIn]
Manea, Maria-Mirabela [VerfasserIn]
Vacaroiu, Ileana Adela [VerfasserIn]
Ionescu, Dorin [VerfasserIn]
Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Albumins
Atherosclerosis
Cardiac valve
Chronic kidney disease
Cytokines
Interleukin 6
Journal Article
Observational Study
Tumor necrosis factor alpha

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Date Completed 30.10.2023

Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/medicina59101801

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36385536X