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Effect of time on dialysis and renal transplantation on endothelial function: a longitudinal analysis.
Transplantation
November 2014
1 Section of Nephrology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 2 Transplant Manitoba, Health Sciences Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 3 Cardiac Sciences Program, Saint Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 4 Seven Oaks Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. 5 Address correspondence to: Claudio Rigatto, M.D., FRCPC, MSc, Section of Nephrology - University of Manitoba, Renal Health Program - Seven Oaks General Hospital, 2PD02-2300 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 3M3.
Background: Soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) is a marker of endothelial injury and a potent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in patients with kidney failure on dialysis. The longitudinal effects of dialysis on endothelial dysfunction and in particular the effects of renal transplantation on markers of endothelial function including sVCAM-1 have not been well characterized.
Methods: We used the Transplant Manitoba registry and biobank to assemble a retrospective cohort of all patients receiving a first kidney transplant between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2005 (n=186).