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The impact of vascular access location on pulmonary arterial pressure in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: It is feared that among chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis, arteriovenous fistula (AVF) itself could contribute to pulmonary hypertension (PH). The impact of AVF location on PH is yet to be assessed. We hypothesize that patients with proximal AVF have higher access blood flow and hence higher pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP) than those with distal AVF. We aimed to compare the PASP between patients with proximal and distal AVF.
METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, PASP was estimated using Doppler echocardiography and blood flow in the AVF was assessed by Doppler ultrasound. PASP was modeled by multivariate linear regression. AVF location was the primary exposure of interest.
RESULTS: Out of 89 patients undergoing hemodialysis, 72 (81%) had PH defined as PASP >35 mmHg. The mean blood flow in proximal and distal AVF was, respectively, 1240 and 783 mL/min (mean difference 457 mL/min, p < 0.001). Mean PASP in patients with proximal AVF was 16.6 mmHg higher than those with distal AVF (p < 0.001, 95% CI 8.3-24.9). There was a positive correlation between access blood flow and PASP (r = 0.28, p = 0.007). If access blood flow was included as a covariate in the multivariate model, the association between AVF location and PASP ceased to exist.
CONCLUSION: Patients with proximal AVF have a significantly higher PASP than those with distal AVF, and this could be attributed to the higher blood flow in proximal AVF compared to distal AVF.
METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, PASP was estimated using Doppler echocardiography and blood flow in the AVF was assessed by Doppler ultrasound. PASP was modeled by multivariate linear regression. AVF location was the primary exposure of interest.
RESULTS: Out of 89 patients undergoing hemodialysis, 72 (81%) had PH defined as PASP >35 mmHg. The mean blood flow in proximal and distal AVF was, respectively, 1240 and 783 mL/min (mean difference 457 mL/min, p < 0.001). Mean PASP in patients with proximal AVF was 16.6 mmHg higher than those with distal AVF (p < 0.001, 95% CI 8.3-24.9). There was a positive correlation between access blood flow and PASP (r = 0.28, p = 0.007). If access blood flow was included as a covariate in the multivariate model, the association between AVF location and PASP ceased to exist.
CONCLUSION: Patients with proximal AVF have a significantly higher PASP than those with distal AVF, and this could be attributed to the higher blood flow in proximal AVF compared to distal AVF.
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