Non-Invasive Assessment of Vascular Damage Through Pulse Wave Velocity and Superb Microvascular Imaging in Pre-Dialysis Patients.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), so it is of great importance to find simple and non-invasive tools to detect vascular damage in pre-dialysis CKD patients. This study aimed to assess the applicability of non-invasive techniques to evaluate vascular damage in stages CKD-2 to CKD-5 and its progression after an 18-month follow-up using (A) carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) to assess aortic stiffness and (B) Superb Microvascular Imaging (SMI) ultrasound to assess adventitial neovascularization compared with other traditional techniques to evaluate vascular damage, such as carotid intima-media thickness and Kauppila index. Methods: The study involved 43 CKD patients in stages CKD-2 t

SUBMITTER: Martin-Virgala J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11940463 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature