Eiji Kimoto

TL;DR: The results indicate that use of oral alfacalcidol was associated with reduced risk for cardiovascular death in this cohort of ESRD patients, and warrants further randomized controlled trials with 1alpha-hydroxy vitamin D3 to confirm the possibility that such medication improves survival of E SRD patients.

TL;DR: In this paper, an automated device for brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is used, although information is limited whether it reflects the stiffness of central or peripheral arteries.

TL;DR: Type 2 diabetes had greater impact on PWV of the central arteries, and different factors were involved in PWV among different arterial regions, including age and systolic blood pressure.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that thickening of arterial wall is present in patients with chronic renal failure before starting hemodialysis treatment, and support the concept that advanced atherosclerosis in he modialysis patients is due to renal failure and/or metabolic abnormalities secondary to renalfailure.

TL;DR: An observational cohort study in 808 patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis indicates that increased fat mass and lean mass were both conditions associated with better outcomes in the dialysis population.