Arginine (L-arginine), is an amino acid involved in a number of biological processes,
including the biosynthesis of proteins, host immune response, urea cycle, and nitric oxide …

Background People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased risk of stroke but
the magnitude of increased risk and the independent effects of glomerular filtration rate …

Background: The FIDELIO-DKD trial (Finerenone in Reducing Kidney Failure and Disease
Progression in Diabetic Kidney Disease) evaluated the effect of the nonsteroidal, selective …

Cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have risen steadily
worldwide, particularly in low-income and developing countries. In the last hundred years …

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) develops in∼ 40% of patients with diabetes and is the most
common cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) worldwide. Patients with CKD, especially …

Abstract Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is linked to a rising prevalence of morbidity and
mortality primarily from cardiovascular complications and is considered a high or very high …

End stage renal disease is associated with a very high risk of premature cardiovascular
death and morbidity. Early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) is also associated with an …

Haemodialysis vascular access patency is severely compromised by fistula non-maturation
and access stenosis. Intimal hyperplasia (IH) is considered the culprit lesion in failed fistulas …

Results Compared with healthy controls (1.82±0.16 µm), ESRD patients had a larger
perfused boundary region (+ 0.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.46 to< 0.01; P< 0.05), which …

Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis develop both structural and functional
cardiovascular abnormalities. Despite improvement of dialysis technology, cardiovascular …