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Righini M, Mancini R, Busutti M, Buscaroli A. Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Extrarenal Involvement. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2554. [PMID: 38473800 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common hereditary kidney disorder, but kidneys are not the only organs involved in this systemic disorder. Individuals with the condition may display additional manifestations beyond the renal system, involving the liver, pancreas, and brain in the context of cystic manifestations, while involving the vascular system, gastrointestinal tract, bones, and cardiac valves in the context of non-cystic manifestations. Despite kidney involvement remaining the main feature of the disease, thanks to longer survival, early diagnosis, and better management of kidney-related problems, a new wave of complications must be faced by clinicians who treated patients with ADPKD. Involvement of the liver represents the most prevalent extrarenal manifestation and has growing importance in the symptom burden and quality of life. Vascular abnormalities are a key factor for patients' life expectancy and there is still debate whether to screen or not to screen all patients. Arterial hypertension is often the earliest onset symptom among ADPKD patients, leading to frequent cardiovascular complications. Although cardiac valvular abnormalities are a frequent complication, they rarely lead to relevant problems in the clinical history of polycystic patients. One of the newest relevant aspects concerns bone disorders that can exert a considerable influence on the clinical course of these patients. This review aims to provide the "state of the art" among the extrarenal manifestation of ADPKD.
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- Matteo Righini
- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, AUSL Romagna, 48121 Ravenna, Italy
- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, AUSL Romagna, 48121 Ravenna, Italy
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Romano S, Marcon D, Branz L, Tagetti A, Monamì G, Giontella A, Malesani F, Pecoraro L, Minuz P, Brugnara M, Fava C. Subclinical Target Organ Damage in a Sample of Children with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Study. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2023; 59:1777. [PMID: 37893495 PMCID: PMC10608453 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59101777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Background and Objectives: Hypertension and vascular damage can begin in adolescents affected by Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). This study aimed to evaluate markers of vascular damage and left ventricular geometry in a sample of children with ADPKD. Materials and Methods: Several vascular measurements were obtained: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), carotid distensibility coefficient (cDC), pulse wave velocity (PWV), and echocardiographic measurements (relative wall thickness (RWT) and left ventricular mass index (LVMI)). Results: Eleven ADPKD children were recruited (four females and seven males, mean age 9.5 ± 3.2 years). Four children were hypertensive at the ABPM, five were normotensive, and for two ABPM was not available. RWT was tendentially high (mean 0.47 ± 0.39). Eight patients had concentric cardiac remodeling, while one patient had cardiac hypertrophy. cIMT was above the 95° percentile for sex and height in 80% of the children (0.5 ± 0.005 mm). The average PWV and cDC were between the normal range (5.5 ± 4.6 m/s and 89.6 ± 16.1 × 10-3/KPa, respectively). We observed a positive correlation between the PWV and RWT (r = 0.616; p = 0.044) and a negative correlation between cDC and RWT (r = -0.770; p = 0.015). Cardiovascular damages (cIMT > 95° percentile) were found in normotensive patients. Conclusions: Increased RWT and high cIMT, indicating subclinical organ damage, are already present in ADPKD children. RWT was significantly correlated to that of cDC and PWV, implying that vascular stiffening is associated with cardiac remodeling. None of the children had an alteration in renal function. Subclinical cardiovascular damage preceded the decline in glomerular filtration rate.
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- Simone Romano
- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Pediatric Clinic, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, 37126 Verona, Italy
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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- Pediatric Clinic, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, 37126 Verona, Italy
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- Section of General Medicine and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy (D.M.); (L.B.); (A.G.); (P.M.); (C.F.)
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Rahbari-Oskoui FF. Management of Hypertension and Associated Cardiovascular Disease in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. ADVANCES IN KIDNEY DISEASE AND HEALTH 2023; 30:417-428. [PMID: 38097332 DOI: 10.1053/j.akdh.2023.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is the most commonly inherited disease of the kidneys affecting an estimated 12,000,000 people in the world. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is a systemic disease, with a wide range of associated features that includes hypertension, valvular heart diseases, cerebral aneurysms, aortic aneurysms, liver cysts, abdominal hernias, diverticulosis, gross hematuria, urinary tract infections, nephrolithiasis, pancreatic cysts, and seminal vesicle cysts. The cardiovascular anomalies are somewhat different than in the general population and also chronic kidney disease population, with higher morbidity and mortality rates. This review will focus on cardiovascular diseases associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and their management.
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- Frederic F Rahbari-Oskoui
- Director of the PKD Center of Excellence, Department of Medicine-Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA.
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Jdiaa SS, Husainat NM, Mansour R, Kalot MA, McGreal K, Chebib FT, Perrone RD, Yu A, Mustafa RA. A Systematic Review of Reported Outcomes in ADPKD Studies. Kidney Int Rep 2022; 7:1964-1979. [PMID: 36090492 PMCID: PMC9459055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Carullo N, Zicarelli MT, Casarella A, Nicotera R, Castagna A, Urso A, Presta P, Andreucci M, Russo E, Bolignano D, Coppolino G. Retarding Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease with Metformin and Other Therapies: An Update of New Insights. Int J Gen Med 2021; 14:5993-6000. [PMID: 34588803 PMCID: PMC8473846 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s305491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most frequent single-gene disorder leading to renal failure. Current therapies are aimed to treat renal and extrarenal complications of ADPKD, but improved knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to the generation and growth of cysts has permitted the identification of new drug candidates for clinical trials. Among these, in this review, we will examine above all the role of metformin, hypothesized to be able to activate the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway and potentially modulate some mechanisms implicated in the onset and the growth of the cysts.
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- Nazareno Carullo
- Renal Unit, Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Renal Unit, Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Renal Unit, Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Renal Unit, Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Renal Unit, Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Renal Unit, Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Renal Unit, Department of Health Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
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Pietrzak-Nowacka M, Safranow K, Czechowska M, Dutkiewicz G, Gątarska E, Ciechanowski K. Cardiac involvement in patients with Autosomal
Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease and normal
renal function after six years of follow-up. POSTEP HIG MED DOSW 2021. [DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0015.0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The aim of the follow-up study was to compare the changes of M-mode echocardiographic
parameters in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients and controls
without renal failure during six years of observation and to explore the associations of these
parameters with metabolic syndrome components and kidney function. We performed
a follow-up examination in 37 ADPKD patients and 40 controls. Anthropometric parameters
were measured and fasting venous blood sample from each patient was tested for glucose,
insulin, C-peptide, HbA1c, creatinine, and urea concentrations. All subjects underwent standard
two-dimensional M-mode echocardiography. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) was
diagnosed based on left ventricular mass index (LVMI) adjusted for body surface area (LVMI-
-S, LVH-S) or for height (LVMI-H, LVH-H). The prevalence of LVH was significantly greater
in ADPKD patients than in controls (35% vs. 10%, p=0.012) according to the ESH/ESC criteria
from 2013, and (27.0% vs. 7.5%, p=0.032) according to criteria from 2017. In patients with
ADPKD, no significant increase of the echocardiographic parameters was observed in the
6 years between the initial examination and the follow-up examination. Cardiac involvement
in women with ADPKD occurs at an earlier stage of the disease than in men. In patients with
ADPKD treated for hypertension in accordance with the 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines the progression
of LVH was not observed during the 6-year follow-up, despite the deterioration of
renal function. Obesity, blood pressure and renal function do not affect LVMI changes.
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- Maria Pietrzak-Nowacka
- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Hamzaoui M, Lamy G, Bellien J, Guerrot D. [Cardiovascular disorders in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease]. Nephrol Ther 2021; 17:18-29. [PMID: 33431311 DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2020.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is the most frequent genetic kidney disease. Cardiovascular disorders associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease are multiple and may occur early in life. In autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are related both to the nonspecific consequences of chronic kidney disease and to the particular phenotype of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Compared to the general population, patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease present an increased prevalence of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation, valvular diseases, aneurisms and arterial dissections. This review article provides an update on cardiovascular disorders associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and recent pathophysiological developments.
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- Mouad Hamzaoui
- Inserm U1096, FHU REMOD-VHF, UniRouen, Normandie Université, 76000 Rouen, France; Service de néphrologie, CHU de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Inserm U1096, FHU REMOD-VHF, UniRouen, Normandie Université, 76000 Rouen, France; Service de néphrologie, CHU de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Inserm U1096, FHU REMOD-VHF, UniRouen, Normandie Université, 76000 Rouen, France; Service de pharmacologie clinique, CHU de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Inserm U1096, FHU REMOD-VHF, UniRouen, Normandie Université, 76000 Rouen, France; Service de néphrologie, CHU de Rouen, 76000 Rouen, France.
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Chen H, Watnick T, Hong SN, Daly B, Li Y, Seliger SL. Left ventricular hypertrophy in a contemporary cohort of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients. BMC Nephrol 2019; 20:386. [PMID: 31653199 PMCID: PMC6815023 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1555-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) often develop hypertension in childhood or early adulthood. Although this could result in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, prior studies of LVH in ADPKD have yielded conflicting results. We estimated the prevalence of LVH using consensus echocardiography criteria and examined the independent association of ADPKD severity with LV mass in a contemporary cohort of ADPKD patients. Methods Adults with ADPKD and eGFR> 15 ml/min/1.73m2 were enrolled in a single-center study. Left Ventricular Mass (LVM) was quantified using 2D echocardiography, and LVH was defined using gender-specific cut-points of LVM and LVM indexed to body surface area (LVMI) from consensus guidelines. Total Kidney Volume (TKV) was quantified using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and GFR was estimated from serum creatinine using the CKD-Epi equation. Multiple linear regression was used to estimate the association of TKV and eGFR with LVM and LVMI, adjusting for potential confounders. Results Among 126 participants (78% with hypertension), median age was 46 years, median eGFR 63 ml/min/1.73 m2, and median [IQR] systolic blood pressure was 125 [116–133] mmHg. Prevalence of LVH was 21.4% as defined by LVMI and was not significantly different (p = 0.8) between those with and without HTN, and was similar (21.4%) after excluding those (N = 21) with known cardiac disease. Greater TKV and lower eGFR were directly correlated with greater LVMI (p = .016 and p < .001, respectively). In multiple linear regression models accounting for potential confounders including blood pressure, greater TKV was positively associated with LVM (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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- Huanwen Chen
- Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene street, N3W143, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene street, N3W143, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene street, N3W143, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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Kocyigit I, Eroglu E, Gungor O. Clinical problems in hemodialysis patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Semin Dial 2018; 31:268-277. [DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Ismail Kocyigit
- Department of Nephrology; Erciyes University Medical Faculty; Kayseri Turkey
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- Department of Nephrology; Erciyes University Medical Faculty; Kayseri Turkey
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- Department of Nephrology; Sutcu Imam University Medical Faculty; Kahramanmaras Turkey
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Bolignano D, Palmer SC, Ruospo M, Zoccali C, Craig JC, Strippoli GFM. Interventions for preventing the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015; 2015:CD010294. [PMID: 26171904 PMCID: PMC8406618 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd010294.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited disorder causing kidney disease. Current clinical management of ADPKD focuses primarily on symptom control and reducing associated complications, particularly hypertension. In recent years, improved understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in kidney cyst growth and disease progression has resulted in new pharmaceutical agents to target disease pathogenesis to prevent progressive disease. OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the effects of interventions for preventing ADPKD progression on kidney function, kidney endpoints, kidney structure, patient-centred endpoints (such as cardiovascular events, sudden death, all-cause mortality, hospitalisations, BP control, quality of life, and kidney pain), as well as the general and specific adverse effects related to their use. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Renal Group's Specialised Register to 6 June 2015 using relevant search terms. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing any interventions for preventing the progression of ADPKD with other interventions or placebo were considered for inclusion without language restriction. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently assessed study risks of bias and extracted data. We summarised treatment effects on clinical outcomes, kidney function and structure and adverse events using random effects meta-analysis. We assessed heterogeneity in estimated treatment effects using the Cochran Q test and I(2) statistic. Summary treatment estimates were calculated as a mean difference (MD) or standardised mean difference (SMD) for continuous outcomes and a risk ratio (RR) for dichotomous outcomes together with their 95% confidence intervals. MAIN RESULTS We included 30 studies (2039 participants) that investigated 11 pharmacological interventions (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, vasopressin receptor 2 (V2R) antagonists, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors, somatostatin analogues, antiplatelet agents, eicosapentaenoic acids, statins and vitamin D compounds) in this review.ACEi significantly reduced diastolic blood pressure (9 studies, 278 participants: MD -4.96 mm Hg, 95% CI -8.88 to -1.04), but had uncertain effects on kidney volumes (MD -42.50 mL, 95% CI -115.68 to 30.67), GFR (MD -3.41 mL/min/1.73 m(2), 95% CI -15.83 to 9.01), and SCr (MD -0.02 mg/dL, 95% CI -0.14 to 0.09), in data largely restricted to children. ACEi did not show different effects on GFR (MD -8.19 mL/min/1.73 m(2), 95% CI -29.46 to 13.07) and albuminuria (SMD -0.19, 95% CI -1.77 to 1.39) when compared with beta-blockers, or SCr (MD 0.00 mg/dL, 95% CI -0.09 to 0.10) when compared with ARBs.Data for effects of V2R antagonists on kidney function and volumes compared to placebo were limited to narrative information within a single study while these agents increased thirst (1444 participants: RR 2.70, 95% CI 2.24 to 3.24) and dry mouth (1455 participants: RR 1.33, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.76).Compared with no treatment, mTOR inhibitors had uncertain effects on kidney function (2 studies, 115 participants: MD 4.45 mL/min/1.73 m(2), 95% CI -3.20 to 12.11) and kidney volume (MD -0.08 L, 95% CI -0.75 to 0.59) but in three studies (560 participants) caused angioedema (RR 13.39, 95% CI 2.56 to 70.00), oral ulceration (RR 6.77, 95% CI 4.42 to 10.38), infections (RR 1.14, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.25) and diarrhoea (RR 1.70, 95% CI 1.26 to 2.29).Somatostatin analogues (6 studies, 138 participants) slightly improved SCr (MD -0.43 mg/dL, 95% CI -0.86 to -0.01) and total kidney volume (MD -0.62 L, 95% CI -1.22 to -0.01) but had no definite effects on GFR (MD 9.50 mL/min, 95% CI -4.45 to 23.44) and caused diarrhoea (RR 3.72, 95% CI 1.43 to 9.68).Data for calcium channel blockers, eicosapentaenoic acids, statins, vitamin D compounds and antiplatelet agents were sparse and inconclusive.Random sequence generation was adequate in eight studies, and in almost half of the studies, blinding was not present or not specified. Most studies did not adequately report outcomes, which adversely affected our ability to assess this bias. The overall drop-out rate was over 10% in nine studies, and few were conducted using intention-to-treat analyses. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Although several interventions are available for patients with ADPKD, at present there is little or no evidence that treatment improves patient outcomes in this population and is associated with frequent adverse effects. Additional large randomised studies focused on patient-centred outcomes are needed.
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- Davide Bolignano
- CNR ‐ Italian National Council of ResearchInstitute of Clinical PhysiologyCNR‐IFC Via Vallone Petrara c/o Ospedali RiunitiReggio CalabriaItaly89100
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- University of Otago ChristchurchDepartment of Medicine2 Riccarton AvePO Box 4345ChristchurchNew Zealand8140
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- DiaverumMedical Scientific OfficeLundSweden
- Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern PiedmontDivision of Nephrology and Transplantation, Department of Translational MedicineVia Solaroli 17NovaraItaly28100
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- CNR ‐ Italian National Council of ResearchInstitute of Clinical PhysiologyCNR‐IFC Via Vallone Petrara c/o Ospedali RiunitiReggio CalabriaItaly89100
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- The University of SydneySydney School of Public HealthEdward Ford Building A27SydneyNSWAustralia2006
- The Children's Hospital at WestmeadCochrane Kidney and Transplant, Centre for Kidney ResearchWestmeadNSWAustralia2145
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- DiaverumMedical Scientific OfficeLundSweden
- The Children's Hospital at WestmeadCochrane Kidney and Transplant, Centre for Kidney ResearchWestmeadNSWAustralia2145
- University of BariDepartment of Emergency and Organ TransplantationBariItaly
- Diaverum AcademyBariItaly
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Liver involvement in early autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 13:155-64.e6. [PMID: 25111236 PMCID: PMC4267913 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Polycystic liver disease (PLD), the most common extrarenal manifestation of autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), has become more prevalent as a result of increased life expectancy, improved renal survival, reduced cardiovascular mortality, and renal replacement therapy. No studies have fully characterized PLD in large cohorts. We investigated whether liver and cyst volumes are associated with volume of the hepatic parenchyma, results from liver laboratory tests, and patient-reported outcomes. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional analysis of baseline liver volumes, measured by magnetic resonance imaging, and their association with demographics, results from liver laboratory and other tests, and quality of life. The data were collected from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial underway at 7 tertiary-care medical centers to determine whether the combination of an angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin II-receptor blocker was superior to the inhibitor alone, and whether low blood pressure (<110/75 mm Hg) was superior to standard blood pressure (120-130/70-80 mm Hg), in delaying renal cystic progression in 558 patients with ADPKD, stages 1 and 2 chronic kidney disease, and hypertension (age, 15-49 y). RESULTS We found hepatomegaly to be common among patients with ADPKD. Cysts and parenchyma contributed to hepatomegaly. Cysts were more common and liver and cyst volumes were greater in women, increasing with age. Patients with advanced disease had a relative loss of liver parenchyma. We observed small abnormalities in results from liver laboratory tests, and that splenomegaly and hypersplenism were associated with PLD severity. Higher liver volumes were associated with a lower quality of life. CONCLUSIONS Hepatomegaly is common even in early stage ADPKD and is not accounted for by cysts alone. Parenchymal volumes were larger, compared with liver volumes of patients without ADPKD or with those predicted by standardized equations, even among patients without cysts. The severity of PLD was associated with altered biochemical and hematologic features, as well as quality of life. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00283686.
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Ecder T, Schrier RW. Hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2014; 2:369-74. [PMID: 15151483 DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2.3.369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hypertension is a common problem in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease affecting both renal and patient survival. Activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system due to cyst expansion and local renal ischemia has been proposed to play an important role in the development of hypertension in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Left ventricular hypertrophy, a major cardiovascular risk factor, is also common in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Both hypertension and the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system play a role in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy in these patients. Prospective randomized results indicate that aggressive control of blood pressure is important for the optimal reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy, thereby diminishing a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. There is also substantial epidemiological support for aggressive control of blood pressure in slowing renal disease progression in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients. Blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system should be the initial approach in the treatment of hypertension in these patients.
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- Tevfik Ecder
- Istanbul School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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The polymorphism of the ACE gene affects left ventricular hypertrophy and causes disturbances in left ventricular systolic/diastolic function in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:707658. [PMID: 24672357 PMCID: PMC3929983 DOI: 10.1155/2014/707658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is one of the most frequently occurring autosomal diseases inherited in the dominant manner. Due to this, lesions in the cardiovascular system of ADPKD patients have caught the attention of clinical investigators worldwide. The aim of the study was to analyse cardiovascular complications in ADPKD patients with a focus on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and selected components of its systolic/diastolic function based on echocardiography. The study was conducted on 55 patients with ADPKD (24 males, 31 females), subdivided into three groups according to the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The patient group with ADPKD and ESRD (group C) manifested an increased incidence of the D allele as compared to group A and group B (χ2 = 4.217, P = 0.04). In all ADPKD patients with the DD genotype, left ventricular mass (LVM), posterior wall thickness (PWT), and interventricular septal thickness (IVS) were significantly higher compared to patients possessing the II and ID genotypes (P < 0.02, P < 0.003, and P < 0.009, resp.). The DD genotype exists more frequently in ADPKD patients with ESRD and is associated with a higher occurrence of LVH and disturbances in systolic-diastolic function when compared to ADPKD ESRD patients with the II and ID genotypes.
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Clinical characteristics and predictors of progression of chronic kidney disease in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a single center experience. Clin Exp Nephrol 2012; 17:345-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s10157-012-0706-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Helal I, Reed B, Mettler P, Mc Fann K, Tkachenko O, Yan XD, Schrier RW. Prevalence of cardiovascular events in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Am J Nephrol 2012; 36:362-70. [PMID: 23038404 DOI: 10.1159/000343281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study evaluates the prevalence of cardiovascular events in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients. METHODS We distributed surveys to 1,439 subjects from our ADPKD research database. In total, 426 subjects completed and returned surveys; 7 of these were from children and were excluded from the study. RESULTS The patients who responded were female (63.2%), nonHispanic (88.1%) and white (93.6%). The mean age of the total group was 53.2 ± 13.7 years; 82.8% had a family history of ADPKD and 32.5% had reached end-stage renal disease (ESRD). With respect to cardiovascular risk factors, 86.6% were hypertensive with a mean age at diagnosis of 36.9 ± 12.9 years and hypertension was significantly more prevalent in males. In addition, 19.6% of the subjects were obese, 20.8% were smokers, 8.7% had diabetes, 45.7% had high cholesterol and 17.8% were sedentary. The most prevalent self-reported cardiovascular events were arrhythmias (25.9%), evidence of peripheral vascular disease (16.5%), heart valve problems (14.4%), cardiac enlargement (9.5%), stroke or cerebral bleeding (7.5%), myocardial infarction (6%) and brain aneurysm (5.0%). The most commonly used antihypertensive medications were renin-angiotensin inhibitors used by 75% of ADPKD patients. Older ADPKD patients and those at ESRD had a significantly higher incidence of cardiovascular events. CONCLUSION These findings support the high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and events in ADPKD patients which contribute to a greater mortality risk. Due to the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the ADPKD population, early diagnosis and clinical intervention are recommended.
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- Imed Helal
- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colo. 80045, USA
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Patch C, Charlton J, Roderick PJ, Gulliford MC. Use of antihypertensive medications and mortality of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a population-based study. Am J Kidney Dis 2011; 57:856-62. [PMID: 21458899 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to estimate the association between antihypertensive therapy and mortality in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). STUDY DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Participants with ADPKD from the UK General Practice Research Database older than 15 years between 1991 and 2008. PREDICTORS Use of 5 major classes of antihypertensive drug. OUTCOMES Deaths, new renal replacement therapy events. MEASUREMENTS Random-effects Poisson models were adjusted for age, sex, year of entry into the cohort, calendar year, prevalent coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and lipid-lowering therapy. RESULTS From 1991-2008, there were 2,085 cases of ADPKD, with 1,877 contributing person-time for ages older than 15 years. In 1991, antihypertensive drugs were not prescribed for 68% of participants, which decreased to 38% by 2008. The proportion for which 1 class of antihypertensive drug was prescribed increased from 19% in 1991 to 24% in 2008; 2 classes, from 11% to 22%; 3 classes, from 2% to 11%; and 4 or 5 classes, from 1% to 5%. In 1991, drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin system were prescribed for only 7% of participants; by 2008, this had increased to 46%. There was evidence of a trend toward decreasing mortality as the number of antihypertensive drug classes prescribed in a year increased. For participants with 3 classes of drugs prescribed, the incident rate ratio was 0.11 (95% CI, 0.05-0.21; P < 0.001). Each annual increment in year of entry into the cohort was associated with a 6% (95% CI, 2%-10%; P = 0.008) decrease in mortality. LIMITATIONS Reported associations might be accounted for by unmeasured or incompletely measured confounders. These might include changes in other aspects of medical care for patients with ADPKD. CONCLUSION Increasing coverage and intensity of antihypertensive therapy is associated with decreasing mortality in people with ADPKD.
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- Christine Patch
- King's College London and National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation, Hospital Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Ulusoy S, Ozkan G, Orem C, Kaynar K, Koşucu P, Kiriş A. A comparison of the effects of ramipril and losartan on blood pressure control and left ventricle hypertrophy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Ren Fail 2011; 32:913-7. [PMID: 20722556 DOI: 10.3109/0886022x.2010.502277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypertension is frequently seen in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), and it has a negative effect on renal progression. Hypertension and left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH) are related in terms of pathogenesis and their effects on renal progression. In this study, we aimed to compare the effects of losartan and ramipril on blood pressure (BP) control, LVH, and renal progression in patients with hypertensive ADPKD. METHODS Thirty-two ADPKD patients with ages ranging between 18 and 70 years who were stage 1-2 hypertensive were included in this study. Routine biochemical tests and echocardiography were obtained at first examination of the patients. Following these, the patients were randomized. One group was given losartan and the other ramipril. They were followed up for 1 year, and their echocardiographies and routine biochemical tests were repeated at the end of the year. RESULTS BP values decreased in both the groups at the end of the first year (p < 0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in LVH in both the groups at the end of the first year than at the beginning (losartan, p = 0.007; ramipril, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS In this study, effective BP control was obtained with losartan and ramipril and LVH was found to be regressed significantly in the hypertensive patients with ADPKD. These two groups of antihypertensive drugs may also have beneficial effects on the retardation of renal progression and in reducing cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients with ADPKD.
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- Sükrü Ulusoy
- Department of Nephrology, Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
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Schrier RW. Renal volume, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, hypertension, and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:1888-93. [PMID: 19696226 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2008080882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The relationship between renal volume and hypertension in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) occurs in childhood. Hypertension is associated not only with increased kidney volume but also with significantly increased left ventricular mass index. Moreover, this increase in left ventricular mass index occurs in children who have ADPKD with borderline hypertension (75th to 95th percentile) and is prevented with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) monotherapy. Progression from borderline to overt hypertension (> or =95th percentile) occurs during a 5-yr follow-up in approximately 50% of children with ADPKD and borderline hypertension. Renal cyst enlargement in ADPKD in adults is associated with stimulation of both the circulating and intrarenal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. In addition to hypertension, the resultant angiotensin in ADPKD is a pivotal factor in cyst proliferation and expansion, increased sympathetic and endothelin activity, oxidant injury, and fibrosis. There is a close correlation between the level of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, deterioration of GFR, and the progressive enlargement of the cystic kidneys in adult ADPKD. Randomized clinical investigation indicates that ACEI and a BP goal of 120/80 mmHg are associated in a 7-yr study to reverse left ventricular hypertrophy. The effect of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibition with dual blockade, ACEI and angiotensin receptor antagonists, on renal volume and kidney function is under study in the Halt Progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease (HALT PKD) trial.
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- Robert W Schrier
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Cardiovascular problems are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Hypertension is a common early symptom of ADPKD, and occurs in approximately 60% of patients before renal function has become impaired. Hypertension is associated with an increased rate of progression to end-stage renal disease and is the most important potentially treatable variable in ADPKD. Left ventricular hypertrophy, which is a powerful, independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, also occurs frequently in patients with ADPKD. Both hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy have important roles in cardiovascular complications in these individuals. Moreover, biventricular diastolic dysfunction, endothelial dysfunction, increased carotid intima-media thickness, and impaired coronary flow velocity reserve are present even in young patients with ADPKD who have normal blood pressure and well-preserved renal function. These findings suggest that cardiovascular involvement starts very early in the course of ADPKD. Intracranial and extracranial aneurysms and cardiac valvular defects are other potential cardiovascular problems in patients with ADPKD. Early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, with drugs that block the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, has the potential to decrease the cardiovascular complications and slow the progression of renal disease in ADPKD.
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Suzuki H. Therapeutic efficacy of renin—angiotensin blockade in patients receiving dialysis. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2009; 3:397-405. [DOI: 10.1177/1753944709338339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Observational data in dialysis patients has indicated an increased cardiovascular mortality. One pathophysiological cause of this cardiovascular mortality in these patients is volume overload. In addition, an inappropriately activated renin—angiotensin system (RAS) has been proposed as another possible mechanism for the increased cardiovascular mortality. With these possible causes in mind, blockade of the RAS with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) have both emerged as means of preventing cardiovascular events in this population. This review focuses on clinical evidence of the beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors and ARBs in dialysis patients with regard to the improvement of cardiovascular events as well as blood pressure control and maintenance of dialysis therapy.
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- Hiromichi Suzuki
- Correspondence to: Hiromichi Suzuki, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan,
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Zafar I, Belibi FA, He Z, Edelstein CL. Long-term rapamycin therapy in the Han:SPRD rat model of polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Nephrol Dial Transplant 2009; 24:2349-53. [PMID: 19321761 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Short-term studies have demonstrated that rapamycin or everolimus treatment decreases cyst formation and improves renal function in animal models of polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients would likely require life-long treatment with rapamycin. METHODS Male Han:SPRD rats with PKD (Cy/+) were treated with rapamycin (0.2 mg/kg/day IP) or vehicle from 1 to 12 months of age. Mean trough levels of rapamycin (ng/mL) were 6.6 +/- 0.1 at 8 weeks of age. Twelve-month-old littermates (+/+) were used as normal controls. RESULTS Twelve-month-old male Cy/+ rats treated with the vehicle had a more than doubling of kidney volume, severe chronic renal failure, severe hypertension and increased heart weight compared to normal littermate controls (+/+). After rapamycin treatment, 12-month-old Cy/+ rats had markedly improved kidney volume, renal function, blood pressure and heart weight not statistically different from controls. Rapamycin reduced the cyst volume density (CVD) by 72%. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation in the heart, as evidenced by a marked increase in the phospho-S6 protein that was inhibited by rapamycin, was demonstrated in 12-month-old Cy/+ rats. CONCLUSION In conclusion, long-term rapamycin treatment in Cy/+ rats results in a normalization of kidney volume, renal function, blood pressure and heart weight. The novel finding that rapamycin decreases hypertension, heart enlargement and mTOR signalling in the heart in PKD rats is reported. The only side effect of rapamycin treatment was an 11% decrease in body weight.
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- Iram Zafar
- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
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Masoumi A, Reed-Gitomer B, Kelleher C, Bekheirnia MR, Schrier RW. Developments in the management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2008; 4:393-407. [PMID: 18728845 PMCID: PMC2504069 DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s1617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most frequent life- threatening, hereditary disease. ADPKD is more common than sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, Down's syndrome, and Huntington's disease combined. ADPKD is a multisystemic disorder characterized by the progressive development of renal cysts and marked renal enlargement. Structural and functional renal deterioration occurs in ADPKD patients and is the fourth leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in adults. Aside from the renal manifestations, extrarenal structural abnormalities, such as liver cysts, cardiovascular abnormalities, and intracranial aneurysms may lead to morbidity and mortality. Recent studies have identified prognostic factors for progressive renal impairment including gender, race, age, proteinuria, hematuria, hypertension and increased left ventricular mass index (LVMI). Early diagnosis and better understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease provides the opportunity to aggressivly treat hypertension with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors and thereby potentially reduce LVMI, prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and slow progression of the renal disease.
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- Amirali Masoumi
- Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Masoumi A, Reed-Gitomer B, Kelleher C, Schrier RW. Potential pharmacological interventions in polycystic kidney disease. Drugs 2008; 67:2495-510. [PMID: 18034588 DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200767170-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Polycystic kidney diseases (autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive) are progressive renal tubular cystic diseases, which are characterised by cyst expansion and loss of normal kidney structure and function. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common life- threatening, hereditary disease. ADPKD is more prevalent than Huntington's disease, haemophilia, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, myotonic dystrophy and Down's syndrome combined. Early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension with inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) and its potential protective effect on left ventricular hypertrophy has been one of the major therapeutic goals to decrease cardiac complications and contribute to improved prognosis of the disease. Advances in the understanding of the genetics, molecular biology and pathophysiology of the disease are likely to facilitate the improvement of treatments for these diseases. Developments in describing the role of intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) and its correlation with cellular signalling systems, Ras/Raf/mitogen extracellular kinase (MEK)/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK), and interaction of these pathways with cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels, provide new insights on treatment strategies. Blocking the vasopressin V(2) receptor, a major adenylyl cyclase agonist, demonstrated significant improvements in inhibiting cytogenesis in animal models. Because of activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, the use of sirolimus (rapamycin) an mTOR inhibitor, markedly reduced cyst formation and decreased polycystic kidney size in several animal models. Caspase inhibitors have been shown to decrease cytogenesis and renal failure in rats with cystic disease. Cystic fluid secretion results in cyst enlargement and somatostatin analogues have been shown to decrease renal cyst progression in patients with ADPKD. The safety and efficacy of these classes of drugs provide potential interventions for experimental and clinical trials.
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- Amirali Masoumi
- Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Diagnosis and treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is rapidly changing. Cellular pathways that involve the polycystins are being mapped and involve the primary cilium, intracellular calcium and cAMP regulation, and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. With the use of new imaging approaches, earlier diagnosis of hepatic cystic disease is possible, and measurement of kidney and cystic growth as well as kidney blood flow is possible over relatively short periods. PKD gene type, gender, proteinuria, and the presence of hypertension relate to the rate of kidney growth in ADPKD. On the basis of risk factors for progression to ESRD and the pathogenic roles that intracellular cAMP and mTOR play in cystogenesis, novel therapies are now being tested, including maximal inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system, inhibition of renal intracellular cAMP using vasopressin V2 receptor antagonists, and somatostatin analogues, as well as inhibitors of mTOR. This review addresses the current understanding of the pathogenesis and the natural history of ADPKD; accuracy and reliability of diagnostic approaches in utero, childhood, and adulthood; the value of reliable magnetic resonance imaging to measure disease progression early in the course of ADPKD; and novel therapeutic approaches that are being evaluated in ADPKD.
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- Arlene B Chapman
- Emory University School of Medicine, 1639 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Lawson CR, Doulton TW, MacGregor GA. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: role of the renin-angiotensin system in raised blood pressure in progression of renal and cardiovascular disease. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2007; 7:139-45. [PMID: 17094050 DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2006.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Raised blood pressure (BP) is extremely common in individuals with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and is almost invariably raised once they develop renal failure. The underlying mechanisms for the rise in BP in individuals with ADPKD are unclear. The progressive number and enlargement of renal cysts, causing structural damage to the kidneys and, thereby, affecting tubular function as well as causing distortion of the glomeruli and renal ischaemia, is likely to be of primary importance. There is some evidence from animal models that there may be over-activity of the intra-renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) that could account for the rise in BP. Studies in man have shown conflicting results, but a recent more carefully controlled study using both measurements of activity and pharmacological blockade of the RAS clearly demonstrated no evidence of over-activity of the circulating RAS in ADPKD compared to matched individuals with essential hypertension. A more likely explanation for the rise in BP that occurs in ADPKD is retention of sodium and water due to tubular damage. Disappointingly, in spite of good evidence that RAS blocking drugs slow the progression of other renal, particularly glomerular, diseases, there is little evidence to suggest this is true for patients with ADPKD. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that lowering BP in ADPKD is just as important, if not more important, as in essential hypertension to prevent cardiovascular disease and strokes, with a recommended BP target of < 120/80 mmHg.
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- Catherine R Lawson
- Blood Pressure Unit, Dept of Cardiac & Vascular Sciences, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common life-threatening, hereditary disease. The prevalence of ADPKD is more common than Huntington disease, haemophilia, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, myotonic dystrophy and Down syndrome combined. In recent years there have not only been advances in the understanding of the genetic and molecular events involved in ADPKD, but some diagnostic and therapeutic advances have also emerged. In the genetics area, the gene for PKD1 was localised to chromosome 16, is associated with polycystin-2 protein, and found to account for approximately 85% of patients with ADPKD. The gene for PKD2, found in chromosome 4, accounts for approximately 15% of ADPKD, and is associated with the polycystin-2 protein. While these genetic and molecular biology findings have stimulated a great deal of exciting basic research in ADPKD, therapies to decrease morbidity and mortality in ADPKD patients have yet to emerge from these findings. In contrast, the early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension with inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system have the potential to decrease or prevent left ventricular hypertrophy cardiac complications and slow the progression of the renal disease.
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- Robert W Schrier
- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Cadnapaphornchai MA, Fick-Brosnahan GM, Duley I, Johnson AM, Strain JD, DeGroff CG, Schrier RW. Design and baseline characteristics of participants in the study of antihypertensive therapy in children and adolescents with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Contemp Clin Trials 2005; 26:211-22. [PMID: 15837441 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2005.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2004] [Revised: 01/03/2005] [Accepted: 01/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this manuscript, we describe our ongoing randomized clinical trial to assess the efficacy of blood pressure control with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition on renal cyst growth over a 5-year study period in children and young adults aged 4-21 years with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Baseline demographic and laboratory data for the study groups are reported. Results of this study could significantly impact the standard of care for management of ADPKD in this population.
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Wang AYM, Li PKT, Lui SF, Sanderson JE. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition for cardiac hypertrophy in patients with end-stage renal disease: what is the evidence? Nephrology (Carlton) 2004; 9:190-7. [PMID: 15363049 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2004.00260.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dialysis patients show a high prevalence of cardiovascular complications among which left ventricular hypertrophy is one of the most frequent and is independently predictive of mortality. A recent study indicates that partial regression of left ventricular hypertrophy improves mortality and reduces cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, suggesting the importance of targeting therapeutic strategies to reduce cardiac hypertrophy and improve the outcome in these patients. The pathogenesis of left ventricular hypertrophy in ESRD patients is multifactorial and includes hypertension, activation of the renin-angiotensin system, increased sympathetic activity, chronic volume overload, chronic anaemia and hyperparathyroidism. In this paper, we review the available experimental and clinical evidence showing the important contribution of the renin-angiotensin system as well as its interaction with the sympathetic nervous system in the pathogenesis of left ventricular hypertrophy in ESRD patients. Furthermore, we summarize the results of currently available clinical studies that examined the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition or angiotensin receptor antagonism on left ventricular hypertrophy in ESRD patients, and review evidences that support the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor antagonists in the ESRD population.
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- Angela Yee-Moon Wang
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Cowley BD. Recent advances in understanding the pathogenesis of polycystic kidney disease: therapeutic implications. Drugs 2004; 64:1285-94. [PMID: 15200344 DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200464120-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Hereditary polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a common cause of renal failure. Increasing knowledge is available regarding mechanisms of cyst development and progression, and renal functional deterioration in PKD. On the basis of this information and theories regarding the pathophysiology of these processes, studies to alter progression and potentially treat PKD have been reported. Cyst development and progression requires epithelial cell proliferation, transepithelial fluid secretion and extracellular matrix remodelling. Several interventions designed to inhibit cell proliferation or alter fluid secretion modify the progression of PKD in selected animal models. Renal functional deterioration appears to involve interstitial inflammation and fibrosis, and tubular apoptosis. Glucocorticoids with anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties slow the progression of cystic disease and renal functional deterioration in animal models of PKD. Other interventions, such as dietary modification and angiotensin antagonism, shown to be of benefit in non-PKD models of slowly progressive renal disease, are also of benefit in animal models of PKD. Caution should be used in extrapolating interventional studies in one animal model to another model and certainly to human disease, since examples exist in which treatments in one model of PKD have different effects in another model. Nonetheless, early attempts to determine whether potential treatments are tolerated and of potential benefit in patients with PKD are beginning to appear. Ultimately, treatment of PKD may involve efforts to identify patients at greatest risk for disease progression, thus allowing targeted therapy, use of surrogate markers for disease progression to assist assessment of therapeutic efficacy, and combination therapy to retard disease progression and renal functional deterioration in this common hereditary cause of chronic renal failure.
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- Benjamin D Cowley
- Nephrology/WP2250, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Basement Membrane/pathology
- Child
- Fabry Disease/genetics
- Fabry Disease/pathology
- Female
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Kidney Diseases/diagnosis
- Kidney Diseases/genetics
- Kidney Diseases/pathology
- Kidney Glomerulus/pathology
- Male
- Nephritis, Hereditary/diagnosis
- Nephritis, Hereditary/genetics
- Nephritis, Hereditary/pathology
- Nephritis, Hereditary/therapy
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/diagnosis
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/epidemiology
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/genetics
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant/pathology
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive/diagnosis
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive/epidemiology
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive/genetics
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive/pathology
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
- Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis/genetics
- Tuberous Sclerosis/pathology
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- Dana Rizk
- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Neumann J, Ligtenberg G, Klein IHHT, Blankestijn PJ. Pathogenesis and treatment of hypertension in polycystic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2002; 11:517-21. [PMID: 12187316 DOI: 10.1097/00041552-200209000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Hypertension is common in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. It may contribute to cardiovascular risk and to progression of renal failure. RECENT FINDINGS Apart from fluid overload and renin activation, hypertensive patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease also have increased sympathetic activity, regardless of renal function. Sympathetic hyperactivity not only contributes to the hypertension but may also increase cardiovascular risk independent of blood pressure. SUMMARY Treatment for normalizing blood pressure and sympathetic activity should be started early in the course of the disease.
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- Jutta Neumann
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Schrier R, McFann K, Johnson A, Chapman A, Edelstein C, Brosnahan G, Ecder T, Tison L. Cardiac and renal effects of standard versus rigorous blood pressure control in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease: results of a seven-year prospective randomized study. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13:1733-9. [PMID: 12089368 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000018407.60002.b9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This study sought to investigate the cardiac and renal effects of rigorous versus standard BP control on autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). A prospective, randomized, 7-yr study was performed to examine the effect of rigorous (<120/80 mmHg) versus standard (135-140/85-90 mmHg) BP control on left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and kidney function in 75 hypertensive ADPKD patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. LVMI was measured by echocardiogram at baseline and at 1 and 7 yr. Renal function was assessed by measuring serum creatinine and 24-h creatinine clearance every 6 mo for 3 yr, then annually for an additional 4 yr. The baseline characteristics were comparable in the two groups. During the study, average mean arterial pressure was 90 +/- 5 mmHg for the rigorous group and 101 +/- 4 mmHg for the standard group (P < 0.0001). The LVMI decreased by 21% in the standard group and by 35% in the rigorous group. A mixed model longitudinal data analysis revealed that rigorous BP control was significantly more effective in decreasing LVMI (P < 0.01). There was no statistically significant difference in renal function between the two groups. In conclusion, left ventricular hypertrophy, a major cardiovascular risk factor, was decreased to a significantly greater extent by rigorous than standard BP control. This finding has particular clinical importance because cardiovascular complications are the most common cause of death in ADPKD patients.
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- Robert Schrier
- Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Klein IHHT, Ligtenberg G, Oey PL, Koomans HA, Blankestijn PJ. Sympathetic activity is increased in polycystic kidney disease and is associated with hypertension. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:2427-2433. [PMID: 11675419 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v12112427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Hypertension is common in patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). This study addresses the hypothesis that sympathetic activity is enhanced in hypertensive PKD patients, not only when renal function is impaired but also when renal function is still normal. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA, peroneal nerve), plasma renin activity (PRA), heart rate, and BP were studied in PKD patients with normal and with impaired renal function and in matched controls. In hypertensive patients with normal renal function, MSNA and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were higher than in normotensive patients (23 +/- 5 versus 15 +/- 7 bursts/min; 110 +/- 10 versus 90 +/- 3 mmHg; P < 0.05), whereas PRA and heart rate did not differ. In PKD with chronic renal failure (CRF) (creatinine clearance rate, 39 +/- 19 ml/min), MAP, MSNA and PRA were higher than in controls (resp, 116 +/- 7 versus 89 +/- 9 mmHg; 34 +/- 14 versus 19 +/- 9 bursts/min; 405 [20 to 1640] versus 120 [40 to 730] fmol/L per sec; all P < 0.05). Heart rate in PKD CRF did not differ from controls. MSNA correlated with MAP (r = 0.42; P = 0.01) and age with MSNA (r = 0.45; P < 0.01). Regression line of age and MSNA in patients was steeper than that in controls. This study indicates that MSNA is increased in hypertensive PKD patients regardless of renal function. The data support the idea that sympathetic hyperactivity contributes to the pathogenesis of hypertension in PKD.
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- Inge H H T Klein
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Ecder T, Schrier RW. Hypertension in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease: early occurrence and unique aspects. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:194-200. [PMID: 11134267 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v121194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- Tevfik Ecder
- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
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Brown DW, Giles WH, Croft JB. Left ventricular hypertrophy as a predictor of coronary heart disease mortality and the effect of hypertension. Am Heart J 2000; 140:848-56. [PMID: 11099987 DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.111112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although associations between hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been described, it is less clear whether LVH is associated with increased rates of CHD in the absence of hypertension. METHODS We examined this association with Cox regression analyses of data from 7924 adults 25 to 74 years of age from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II) Mortality Study (1976 to 1992). Covariates included age, race, sex, history of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, cholesterol, body mass index, blood pressure, and smoking. RESULTS During 16.8 follow-up years, there were 462 (26%) deaths from CHD (ICD-9 410-414) and 667 (38%) deaths from diseases of the heart (ICD-9 390-398, 402, 404, 410-414, 415-417, 420-429). LVH prevalence was 13.3 per 1000 population. Hypertension prevalence was 29.1%. LVH prevalence was higher among hypertensive adults than among normotensive adults (29.9 vs 6.4 per 1000, P <.001). Persons with LVH were twice as likely to die of CHD (relative risk, 2.0; 95% confidence interval, 1.2, 3.5) and diseases of the heart (relative risk, 1.9; 95% confidence interval, 1.1, 3.0) after adjustment for hypertension and covariates. In age-adjusted predicted survival, probability plots for CHD, and diseases of the heart, normotensives with LVH had survival similar to hypertensive adults with LVH and lower survival than normotensive and hypertensive adults with no LVH. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm previous findings that the presence of LVH is a strong predictor of future cardiovascular death. Although LVH appears to be rare among normotensives, clinicians should be aware that such individuals may have an increased risk for death similar to that of hypertensive adults with LVH.
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- D W Brown
- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Goldsmith DJ, Reidy J, Scoble J. Renal arterial intervention and angiotensin blockade in atherosclerotic nephropathy. Am J Kidney Dis 2000; 36:837-43. [PMID: 11007688 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2000.17686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Atherosclerotic renal arterial disease (ARAD) is becoming a more important cause of end-stage renal failure. Diagnosis is more easily achieved because of greater clinical suspicion and more refined screening tools. However, the medical and interventional management of patients with ARAD is not well defined in the literature because there have been few randomized trials. Because the use of angiotensin-converting enzymes (ACE) inhibitors, and more recently angiotensin-antagonists, has become much more widespread, it is inevitable that we should, knowingly or not, give these drugs to patients with ARAD. We describe 2 case studies in which the angiotensin-antagonist irbesartan was given to 2 patients with effectively single-functional kidneys after successful renal arterial radiologic intervention. The rationale for the use of irbesartan was to control BP, which had not responded to the initial arterial intervention, and took place in patients both refractory to, and intolerant of, many other anti-hypertensive drugs. Irbesartan successfully and safely reduced systemic BP, measured by use of ambulatory BP, without prejudicing renal function (measured by use of individual kidney function GFR).
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- D J Goldsmith
- Departments of Renal Medicine and Radiology, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom. David. goldsmith@gstt. sthames.nhs.uk
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Locatelli F, Valderrábano F, Hoenich N, Bommer J, Leunissen K, Cambi V. The management of chronic renal insufficiency in the conservative phase. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2000; 15:1529-34. [PMID: 11007819 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.10.1529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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