Hemodynamic impact of VASQ device in vascular access creation.

Background: Native arteriovenous fistula is the preferred vascular access in term of functionality, efficiency and complication rate. Nevertheless, research continues to seek strategies to reduce the risk of neointimal hyperplasia and hemodynamic modification. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact on hemodynamic of the VasQ device in arteriovenous fistulae creation.

Morphological evaluation of sympathetic renal innervation in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Several evidences support the hypothesis that patients affected by autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ASPKD) show a sympathetic renal hyperactivity. Nevertheless, no morphological evidences are available yet. Therefore, the aim of the study was to demonstrate that an increase in sympathetic renal artery innervation was present in the ADPKD patients by using histological methods.

Hypertension in kidney transplantation is associated with an early renal nerve sprouting.

Background.: Normalization of arterial pressure occurs in just a few patients with hypertensive chronic kidney disease undergoing kidney transplantation. Hypertension in kidney transplant recipients may be related to multiple factors.

Impact of Mediterranean diet on metabolic syndrome, cancer and longevity.

Obesity symbolizes a major public health problem. Overweight and obesity are associated to the occurrence of the metabolic syndrome and to adipose tissue dysfunction. The adipose tissue is metabolically active and an endocrine organ, whose dysregulation causes a low-grade inflammatory state and ectopic fat depositions.