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Analysis of 24-hour pulse wave velocity in patients with renal transplantation
Authors Minyukhina IE, Lipatov KS, Posokhov IN
Received 21 April 2013
Accepted for publication 21 May 2013
Published 1 July 2013 Volume 2013:6 Pages 125—129
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJNRD.S47011
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Irina E Minyukhina,1 Kirill S Lipatov,1 Igor N Posokhov2
1Privolzhsky District Medical Center, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia; 2Hemodynamic Laboratory, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Abstract: The aim of our study was to assess the feasibility of using an approach to 24-hour pulse wave velocity (PWV) analysis similar to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring analysis in the management of patients with renal transplantation. Overall, 41 patients aged between 18 and 55 years who had end-stage renal disease resulting from glomerulopathy were recruited from the kidney transplant waiting list. All the measurements were performed before kidney transplantation and at 1 and 20 weeks after transplantation. The Pulse Time Index of Norm (PTIN) was calculated with the Vasotens® technology for the estimation of the 24-hour PWV, defined as the percentage of the 24-hour period during which the PWV does not exceed 10 m/second. Before kidney transplantation, the mean PTIN in the whole group was 56.3 (standard deviation, 18.4). Then, a week after the renal transplantation, a decrease in the PTIN was observed in most cases, going to 27.6 (standard deviation, 11.1). After 20 weeks, the mean PTIN in the whole group increased again to 52.0 (standard deviation, 23.6). In our study, we found that the persistence of arterial stiffness disturbances after kidney transplantation appears to be relatively predictable. We determined the cutoff value of PTIN that could predict the two states of PTIN: a state of improvement or a state of decline/without change. The cutoff value of PTIN at 45% had a sensitivity of 69%, specificity of 76%, and area under the curve of 0.65. The analysis of variance showed that in the group with an initial PTIN of 45% or higher, the PTIN in the remote period after transplantation changed significantly (P < 0.05), whereas in the group with an initial PTIN lower than 45%, there were no significant changes. Thus, the analysis of 24-hour pulse wave velocity in the management of patients with renal transplantation using PTIN is feasible.
Keywords: renal transplantation, pulse wave velocity, 24-hour monitoring, PTIN
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