Arterial Stiffness and Renal Replacement Therapy: A Controversial Topic

Table 4

Arterial (upper-limb or carotid-radial) stiffness in dialyzed patients.

	PD	HD	Longitudinal study	Transversal study
Utescu et al., 2013 [11]		X (PWV)	Decrease (1)
Szeto et al., 2012 [17]	X (PWV)		Increase (2)
Mourad et al., 1997 [34]		X ()		Increase (3)

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) in the carotid-radial pathway or incremental elastic modulus () was measured in peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialyzed patients (HD). X indicates the used dialysis modality.
(1) With respect to baseline values obtained in hemodialyzed patients (mean = 2.3 years).
(2) With respect to baseline values obtained in peritoneal dialysis patients for at least 6 months ().
(3) With respect to values obtained in normal normotensive and hypertensive patients ().