Acute arterio-venous fistula occlusion decreases sympathetic activity and improves baroreflex control in kidney transplanted patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1606-1612

  Velez Roa, Sonia ^a   Neubauer, Jolanta ^a   Wissing, Martin ^a   Porta, Alberto ^b   Somers, Virend K ^c   Unger, Philippe ^a   van de Borne, Philippe ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic control; Kidney transplant; Nicoladoni Brangham sign

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 2942739057     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh124     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Unger P, Wissing KM, De Pauw L, Neubauer J, van de Borne P. Reduction of left ventricular diameter and mass after surgical arteriovenous fistula closure in renal transplant patients. Transplantation 2002; 74: 73-79
2. van Duijnhoven EC, Cheriex EC, Tordoir JH, Kooman JP, van Hoff JP. Effect of closure of the arteriovenous fistula on left ventricular dimensions in renal transplant patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001; 16: 368-372
3. Branham HH. Aneurysmal varix of the femoral artery and vein following a gunshot wound. Int J Surg 1890; 3: 250-251
4. Ahearn DJ, Maher JF. Heart failure as a complication of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula. Ann Intern Med 1972; 77: 201-204
5. Kramer ML, Kahn JW. Effect of atropine on the Branham sign in arteriovenous fistula. Arch Intern Med 1946; 78: 28-30
6. Parati G, di Rienzo M, Mancia G. How to measure baroreflex sensitivity: from the cardiovascular laboratory to daily life. J Hypertens 2000; 18: 7-19
7. Aumont MC, Himbert D, Czitrom D. Baroreflexes et insuffisance cardiaque. Arch Mal Cæur 1995; 88: 555-558
8. Frank CW, Wang HH, Lammerant J, Miller R, Wegria R. An experimental study of the immediate hemodynamic adjustments to acute arteriovenous fistulae of various sizes. J Clin Invest 1955; 34: 722-731
9. Nakano J, De Schyver C. Effects of arteriovenous fistula on systemic and pulmonary circulations. Am J Physiol 1964; 207: 1319-1324
10. Smith ML, Joglar JA, Wasmund SL et al. Reflex control of sympathetic activity during simulated ventricular tachycardia in humans. Circulation 1999; 100: 628-634
11. Bertinieri G, di Rienzo M, Cavallazzi A, Ferrari AU, Pedotti A, Mancia G. A new approach to analysis of the arterial baroreflex. J Hypertens 1985; 3: S79-S81
12. Sahn D, De Maria A, Kisslo J, Weyman A. Recommendations regarding quantitation of M-mode echocardiography: results of a survey of echocardiographic measurements. Circulation 1978; 58: 1077-1083
13. Bos WJW, Zietse R, Wesseling KH, Westerhof N. Effects of arteriovenous fistulas on cardiac oxygen supply and demand. Kidney Int 1999; 55: 2049-2053
14. Narkiewicz K, Winnicki M, Schroeder K et al. Relationship between muscle sympathetic nerve activity and diurnal blood pressure profile. Hypertension 2002; 39: 168-172
15. van de Borne P, Rahnama M, Mezzetti S et al. Contrasting effects of phentolamine and nitroprusside on neural and cardiovascular variability. Am J Physiol 2001; 281: H559-H565
16. Zoghbi WA, Quinones MA. Determination of cardiac output by doppler echocardiography: a critical appraisal. Herz 1986; 11: 258-268
17. Gerhardt U, Riedasch M, Steinmetz M, Hohage H. Kidney transplantation improves baroreceptor sensitivity. Int J Cardiol 1999; 70: 233-239
18. Gerhardt U, Schafer M, Hohage HJ. Arterial blood pressure oscillation after active standing up in kidney transplant recipients. J Auton Nerv Syst 2000; 80: 93-100
19. Potts JT, Shi X, Raven PB. Cardiopulmonary baroreceptors modulate carotid baroreflex control of heart rate during dynamic exercise in humans. Am J Physiol 1995; 268: H1567-H1576
20. Hausberg M, Kosch M, Harmelink P et al. Sympathetic nerve activity in end-stage renal disease. Circulation 2002; 106: 1974-1979