title: Effect of long-term hemodialysis on arterial compliance in end-stage renal failure.
abstract: To assess the influence of long-term hemodialysis on arterial compliance, the elastic vessel wall properties of the common carotid artery were determined in 20 normotensive renal transplant recipients (age 44.7 +/- 4.1 years) 8-12 weeks after first transplantation and in 10 healthy controls (age 45.9 +/- 5.2 years). Arterial distension was measured by using a multigate pulsed Doppler system, blood pressure curve was recorded by finger-plethysmography. 10 patients with a prior long-term hemodialysis of 51 +/- 11 months were compared to 10 patients with a prior short hemodialysis of 18 +/- 7 months. The patients and controls had been matched in respect of age, sex and blood pressure. In the long and short-term hemodialysis group, the proportion of patients (n = 10) with a history of mild hypertension was similar--mild hypertension for 25 +/- 10 months (n = 5) and for 27 +/- 9 months (n = 5). In the group with long-term hemodialysis, the cross-sectional compliance and the distensibility coefficient was significantly reduced in comparison to the group with short-term hemodialysis (p < 0.005) and to the control group (p < 0.001). A significant inverse correlation between the hemodialysis period and the distensibility coefficient (r = -0.59; p < 0.005) showed a decrease in arterial compliance with the length of hemodialysis treatment. The results demonstrate that vessel wall elasticity decreases with the length of hemodialysis treatment and is reduced by hemodialysis-dependent factors, which are detached from sustained arterial hypertension. As cause of reduced arterial compliance in long-term hemodialysis hypervolemia, hypercirculation and disturbed calcium-phosphate metabolism is suggested.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Poliklinik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, FRG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barenbrock
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spieker
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Laske
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baumgart
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Hoeks
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zidek
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rahn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003187:Compliance; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors