title: [Favourable effects of kidney transplantation on vascular condition of patients: Potential prognostic significance of non-invasive measurement of arterial stiffness].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Development of atherosclerosis is accelerated in kidney transplant patients. Impaired metabolic pathways have complex effect on the arterial wall which can be measured by non-invasive techniques. Only few data are available on the change of stiffness parameters in the postoperative course. Therefore, in this study the authors analysed the stiffness parameters of kidney transplant recipients during the perioperative period.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Non-invasive clinical trial of the arterial functional parameters in the early postoperative period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventeen successful primary kidney transplant patients with uneventful postoperative period (8 females, 9 males; age, 46.16 ± 12.19 years) were involved in this short-term prospective longitudinal study. The authors analysed correlations between non-in vasively assessed stiffness parameters (pulse wave velocity PWV, augmentation index - AIx). Stiffness parameters were measured with a TensioMed Arteriograph. These parameters were assessed before the transplantation, as well as 24 hours, 1 and 2 weeks after surgery under standard conditions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that PWV (p = 0.0075) and AIx (p = 0.013) improved significantly. There was no significant change in case of PP and the other monitored parameters. Serum creatinine decreased (p = 0.0008) and glomerular filtration rate increased significantly (p = 0.0005).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Along with the available data in the literature, the findings suggest that kidney transplantation has a positive effect on the arterial function. Improvement can be detected non-invasively with Arteriograph in the early postoperative period.
authors.forename: Dávid Ágoston
authors.initials: DÁ
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Asztalos
authors.forename: Renáta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laczik
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fedor
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: Lajos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lőcsey
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soltész
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D046148:Donor Selection; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D059289:Vascular Stiffness