Carotid intima-media thickness relative to cognitive impairment in dialysis patients, and their relationship with brain volume and cerebral small vessel disease.
Ke ZhengYujun QianTiaye LinFei HanHui YouXixi TaoBo HouJing YuanHaiyun WangDingding ZhangKe LvFeng FengYicheng ZhuXuemei LiPublished in: Therapeutic advances in chronic disease (2020)
Increased cIMT was an independent risk factor for impairment of global cognitive function, memory, and executive function. The impact of cIMT on cognition was not induced by CSVD but by brain atrophy. cIMT may be a useful tool for screening patients at high risk of CI in the dialysis population.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- white matter
- cognitive impairment
- resting state
- cerebral ischemia
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- type diabetes
- multiple sclerosis
- functional connectivity
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- cardiovascular risk factors