Author/Editor		Hojs, Radovan
Title		Carotid intima-media thickness and plaques in hemodialysis patients
Type		članek
Source		Artif Organs
Vol. and No.		Letnik 24, št. 9
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 691-5
Language		eng
Abstract		Atherosclrosis is accelerated in hemodialysis patients. Using B-mode ultrasonography, we compared intima-media thickness (IMT) and the prevalence of plaques in the common carotid and internal carotid arteries in 28 randomly selected hemodialysis patients with that in 28 age- and sex-matched normal controls. The IMT values of the common carotid and internal carotid arteies were higher in hemodialysis patients than in controls with more hemodialysis patients having plaques. In hemodialysis patients, there was a relationship between age and IMT in the common carotid arteries, in the area of bifurcation, and in the internal carotid arteries. We found no relationship betweeen IMT and atherosclerotic risk factors or duration of hemodialysis treatment. IMT at all sites correlated with the number of plaques. Age was the only significant determinant for number of plaques. The results indicate that hemodialysis patients showed advanced atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries compared with age- and sex-matched normal subjects.
Descriptors		HEMODIALYSIS CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS