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  1. Long-Term Effect of Physical Exercise on the Risk for Hospitalization and Death in Dialysis Patients
  2. Humoral Response to Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines in the CKD Spectrum
  3. Detecting and Treating Lung Congestion with Kidney Failure
  4. Noninvasive Diagnosis of PLA2R-Associated Membranous Nephropathy
  5. Tales of two study designs in patients with chronic kidney failure: The case of the protein–energy wasting – inflammation syndromic complex
  6. Renin-Angiotensin System Blockers and the Risk of COVID-19–Related Mortality in Patients with Kidney Failure
  7. Novel Therapeutic Options for Cardiovascular Disease with CKD
  8. Undernutrition in childhood and adolescence and atherosclerosis in adult life
  9. Sleep Apnea as a Cardiorenal Risk Factor in CKD and Renal Transplant Patients
  10. Epidemiology of hyperkalemia in CKD patients under nephrological care: a longitudinal study
  11. The Innate Immune System and Cardiovascular Disease in ESKD: Monocytes and Natural Killer Cells
  12. Endothelial Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease, from Biology to Clinical Outcomes: A 2020 Update
  13. Sleep‐Disordered Breathing and 24‐Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Renal Transplant Patients: Longitudinal Study
  14. Should We Continue Assessing Glomerular Filtration Rate with the Cockroft–Gault Formula in NOAC-Treated Patients? The Magnitude of the Problem
  15. Long-Term Changes in Sleep Disordered Breathing in Renal Transplant Patients: Relevance of the BMI
  16. FGF23 and the PTH response to paricalcitol in chronic kidney disease
  17. Lung ultrasound to detect and monitor pulmonary congestion in patients with acute kidney injury in nephrology wards: a pilot study
  18. A single number for advocacy and communication—worldwide more than 850 million individuals have kidney diseases
  19. Urine chloride self-measurement to monitor sodium chloride intake in patients with chronic kidney disease
  20. Blood Pressure Variability, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in CKD Patients
  21. Mutations in the GLA Gene and LysoGb3: Is It Really Anderson-Fabry Disease?
  22. Mapping Progress in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk with Kidney Disease
  23. The Ebb and Flow of Echocardiographic Cardiac Function Parameters in Relationship to Hemodialysis Treatment in Patients with ESRD
  24. Anterior robotic approach in en-bloc sacrectomy: a preliminary experience
  25. Vitamin D and methylarginines in chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  26. Chronic Fluid Overload and Mortality in ESRD
  27. Moderator’s view: Predictive models: a prelude to precision nephrology
  28. Effect of Vitamin D Receptor Activation on the AGE/RAGE System and Myeloperoxidase in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
  29. Lung Ultrasound in Dialysis patients
  30. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Predictive Value of the sFlt-1:PlGF Ratio in Women with Suspected Preeclampsia.
  31. Oxidative Stress as Estimated by Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase Levels Amplifies the Alkaline Phosphatase-Dependent Risk for Mortality in ESKD Patients on Dialysis
  32. Cocoa Flavanols: A Magic Potion for Protecting the Endothelium in Kidney Failure?
  33. Asymmetric and Symmetric Dimethylarginine and Sympathetic Nerve Traffic after Renal Denervation in Patients with Resistant Hypertension
  34. Seven essential tools of a cardiologist's survival kit
  35. Should patients with CKD stage 5D and biochemical evidence of secondary hyperparathyroidism be prescribed calcimimetic therapy? An ERA-EDTA position statement
  36. A Longitudinal Study of Inflammation, CKD-Mineral Bone Disorder, and Carotid Atherosclerosis after Renal Transplantation
  37. Association of IL-6 and a Functional Polymorphism in the IL-6 Gene with Cardiovascular Events in Patients with CKD
  38. Erratum
  39. Epidemiology, contributors to, and clinical trials of mortality risk in chronic kidney failure
  40. Association of a Polymorphism in a Gene Encoding a Urate Transporter with CKD Progression
  41. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Serum calcification propensity predicts all-cause mortality in predialysis CKD.
  42. Phosphate levels in patients treated with low-flux haemodialysis, pre-dilution haemofiltration and haemodiafiltration: post hoc analysis of a multicentre, randomized and controlled trial
  43. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Bardoxolone methyl in type 2 diabetes and stage 4 chronic kidney disease.
  44. Use of phosphate-binding agents is associated with a lower risk of mortality
  45. Lung congestion as a hidden threat in end-stage kidney disease: a call to action
  46. Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Diseases Incidence in a Low Risk Population: The MATISS Study
  47. Obesity in CKD—What Should Nephrologists Know?
  48. Effects of weight loss on renal function in obese CKD patients: a systematic review
  49. Assessment of arterial stiffness for clinical and epidemiological studies: methodological considerations for validation and entry into the European Renal and Cardiovascular Medicine registry
  50. Uric Acid, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular and Renal Complications
  51. Longitudinal association of body mass index and waist circumference with left ventricular mass in hypertensive predialysis chronic kidney disease patients
  52. Influence of Body Mass Index on the Association of Weight Changes with Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients
  53. Vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease: are biomarkers useful for probing the pathobiology and the health risks of this process in the clinical scenario?
  54. Homoarginine and Mortality in Pre-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients
  55. Low triiodothyronine: a pathway to coronary calcification in patients maintained on peritoneal dialysis
  56. When do we need competing risks methods for survival analysis in nephrology?
  57. Resistin and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: effect modification by adiponectin in end-stage kidney disease patients
  58. Letter to the editor about the reviewer comment to our article entitled ‘Procalcitonin and the inflammatory response to salt in essential hypertension
  59. Long-term visit-to-visit office blood pressure variability increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease
  60. Procalcitonin and the inflammatory response to salt in essential hypertension
  61. Catheter-based renal denervation as a novel treatment for loin pain haematuria syndrome
  62. Obesity and nephrology: results of a knowledge and practice pattern survey
  63. The new NDT series Ideas, Conjectures and Refutations (ICR): elegance in nephrology research
  64. Multiple imputation: dealing with missing data
  65. Risk prediction models
  66. Spleen IL-10, a key player in obesity-driven renal risk
  67. Erratum to: The quality of reporting in clinical research: the CONSORT and STROBE initiatives
  68. Asymmetric dimethylarginine predicts survival in the elderly
  69. pulmonary congestion dialysis
  70. Pulmonary Hypertension in CKD
  71. Albuminuria in the Normal Range
  72. The quality of reporting in clinical research: the CONSORT and STROBE initiatives
  73. Current World Literature
  74. Pulmonary Congestion Predicts Cardiac Events and Mortality in ESRD
  75. Healthcare workers and prevention of hepatitis C virus transmission: exploring knowledge, attitudes and evidence-based practices in hemodialysis units in Italy
  76. Age, stage and biomarkers for the definition of CKD: a construction in progress
  77. Corrigendum to “Glitazones in chronic kidney disease: Potential and concerns” [Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 22 (2012) 167–175]
  78. FGF23: A Mature Renal and Cardiovascular Risk Factor?
  79. Joint effect of insulin signaling genes on cardiovascular events and on whole body and endothelial insulin resistance
  80. Longitudinal Analysis of Vascular Function and Biomarkers of Metabolic Bone Disorders before and after Renal Transplantation
  81. Vitamin D reduces left atrial volume in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and chronic kidney disease
  82. Cultural adaptation and validation of the “Kidney Disease and Quality of Life - Short Form (KDQOL-SF™) version 1.3” questionnaire in Egypt
  83. Hypertension and cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease
  84. Notice
  85. Pulmonary embolism in chronic kidney disease: a lethal, overlooked and research orphan disease
  86. The fat-mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) predicts mortality in chronic kidney disease of various severity
  87. Phosphate attenuates the anti-proteinuric effect of very low-protein diet in CKD patients
  88. Updating the lipids hypothesis of inflammation and vascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease: a stearoyl-CoA desaturase affair?
  89. Assessment of obesity in chronic kidney disease
  90. Plasma cytokines, glomerular filtration rate and adipose tissue cytokines gene expression in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients
  91. The use of echocardiography in observational clinical trials: the EURECA-m registry
  92. Pro-inflammatory cytokines and bone fractures in CKD patients. An exploratory single centre study
  93. Pulmonary hypertension in dialysis patients: a prevalent, risky but still uncharacterized disorder
  94. Circulating soluble receptor for advanced glycation end product (sRAGE) and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  95. Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Cardiomyopathy in Dialysis Patients
  96. Pulmonary Congestion and Physical Functioning in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
  97. The effect of increasing age on the prognosis of non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease receiving stable nephrology care
  98. Antidepressants for depression in stage 3–5 chronic kidney disease: a systematic review of pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety with recommendations by European Renal Best Practice (ERBP)*
  99. Instrumental variable analysis
  100. Renal artery stenting is ineffective to reduce LV hypertrophy
  101. European guidelines on when to start dialysis: check the facts first before commenting
  102. Predictors of haemoglobin levels and resistance to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients treated with low-flux haemodialysis, haemofiltration and haemodiafiltration: results of a multicentre randomized and controlled trial
  103. Chest ultrasound and hidden lung congestion in peritoneal dialysis patients
  104. The burden of physical inactivity in chronic kidney disease: is there an exit strategy?
  105. Monocyte subpopulations and cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease
  106. Glitazones in chronic kidney disease: Potential and concerns
  107. Vitamin D Therapy and Cardiac Structure and Function in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
  108. Comparison of Calcium Acetate and Sevelamer on Vascular Function and Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 in CKD Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
  109. eNOS and Caveolin-1 Gene Polymorphisms Interaction and Intima Media Thickness: A Proof of Concept Study in ESRD Patients
  110. Heart rate, age and the risk of progression to kidney failure in patients with CKD
  111. Measuring Agreement, More Complicated Than It Seems
  112. Measuring asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in CKD: a comparison between enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry
  113. Report from the Editorial Offices
  114. The MAURO study: baseline characteristics and compliance with guidelines targets
  115. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP-1), genetic markers of insulin resistance and cardiomyopathy in patients with kidney failure
  116. Thyroid Function and Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Failure
  117. Clinical usefulness of novel prognostic biomarkers in patients on hemodialysis
  118. Sympathoinhibitory effects of statins in chronic kidney disease
  119. Sympathetic Nerve Traffic and Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Chronic Kidney Disease
  120. Aging and Left Ventricular Mass and Function in People with End-Stage Renal Disease
  121. Phosphate May Promote CKD Progression and Attenuate Renoprotective Effect of ACE Inhibition
  122. Prognosis of CKD Patients Receiving Outpatient Nephrology Care in Italy
  123. Obesity and the Epidemiology and Prevention of Kidney Disease: Waist Circumference Versus Body Mass Index
  124. Inflammation and Asymmetric Dimethylarginine for Predicting Death and Cardiovascular Events in ESRD Patients
  125. Arterial aging and arterial disease: interplay between central hemodynamics, cardiac work, and organ flow—implications for CKD and cardiovascular disease
  126. Cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients: where is the link?
  127. Major pathways of the reno–cardiovascular link: the sympathetic and renin–angiotensin systems
  128. The complexity of the cardio–renal link: taxonomy, syndromes, and diseases
  129. The dysfunctional endothelium in CKD and in cardiovascular disease: mapping the origin(s) of cardiovascular problems in CKD and of kidney disease in cardiovascular conditions for a research agenda
  130. The lingering dilemma of arterial pressure in CKD: what do we know, where do we go?
  131. Cardiovascular and renal medicine, an expanding territory
  132. Insulin resistance and left ventricular hypertrophy in end-stage renal disease: association between the ENPP1 gene and left ventricular concentric remodelling
  133. When to start dialysis: updated guidance following publication of the Initiating Dialysis Early and Late (IDEAL) study
  134. ACE Inhibition Is Renoprotective among Obese Patients with Proteinuria
  135. Smoking and hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
  136. Abdominal obesity modifies the risk of hypertriglyceridemia for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients
  137. The use of group sequential, information-based sample size re-estimation in the design of the PRIMO study of chronic kidney disease
  138. TheENPP1Q121 Variant Predicts Major Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Individuals
  139. Does adipose tissue have a key role in inflammation in CKD?
  140. Dyslipidemia in Chronic Renal Disease
  141. Role of Obesity and Metabolic Alterations in Hypertensive Renal Disease and in Chronic Kidney Disease
  142. Adding Up the Evidence: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  143. Adiponectin and Leptin in Chronic Kidney Disease: Causal Factors or Mere Risk Markers?
  144. Genetic Association Studies: Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Renal Disease
  145. How to Deal with Continuous and Dichotomic Outcomes in Epidemiological Research: Linear and Logistic Regression Analyses
  146. Interaction on an Additive Scale
  147. Left Ventricular Mass Index as an Outcome Measure in Clinical Trials in Dialysis Patients: A Word of Caution
  148. Low Triiodothyronine Alters Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation in Advanced Nondiabetic Kidney Disease
  149. Matching, an Appealing Method to Avoid Confounding?
  150. Reporting of Interaction
  151. Sample Size Calculations
  152. Survival Analysis I: The Kaplan-Meier Method
  153. Survival Analysis II: Cox Regression
  154. The Dilemma of Making Recommendations Based on Weak Evidence
  155. Ultrafiltration intensification in hemodialysis patients improves hypertension but increases AV fistula complications and cardiovascular events.
  156. Vitamin D Receptor Activation and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Advanced Kidney Disease
  157. Waist circumference modifies the relationship between the adipose tissue cytokines leptin and adiponectin and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in haemodialysis patients
  158. Traditional and nontraditional risk factors as predictors of cerebrovascular events in patients with end stage renal disease
  159. What makes plaques vulnerable in CKD?: a fresh look at metalloproteinases
  160. Hyperhomocysteinemia: a renal and cardiovascular risk factor?
  161. Ranolazine can markedly increase tacrolimus blood levels
  162. FGF-23 and vascular dysfunction in patients with stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease
  163. Sample size calculations: basic principles and common pitfalls
  164. The issue of studying the effect of interventions in renal replacement therapy -- to what extent may we be deceived by selection and competing risk?
  165. Endorsement of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) Guidelines: a European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) commentary statement
  166. Hemofiltration and Hemodiafiltration Reduce Intradialytic Hypotension in ESRD
  167. Vasopressin beyond water: implications for renal diseases
  168. Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
  169. Neuropeptide Y receptor Y2 gene polymorphism interacts with plasma neuropeptide Y levels in predicting left ventricular hypertrophy in dialysis patients
  170. Stratification for Confounding – Part 1: The Mantel-Haenszel Formula
  171. Stratification for Confounding – Part 2: Direct and Indirect Standardization
  172. Detection of Pulmonary Congestion by Chest Ultrasound in Dialysis Patients
  173. Epidemiology of CKD in Europe: an uncertain scenario
  174. Mendelian randomization: use of genetics to enable causal inference in observational studies
  175. Statistical methods for the assessment of prognostic biomarkers(part II): calibration and re-classification
  176. Statistical methods for the assessment of prognostic biomarkers (Part I): Discrimination
  177. Blood pressure in chronic kidney disease stage 5D—report from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes controversies conference
  178. Circulating soluble receptor of advanced glycation end product inversely correlates with atherosclerosis in patients with chronic kidney disease
  179. Sample size calculations: basic principles and common pitfalls
  180. Case-Control Studies – An Efficient Observational Study Design
  181. Confounding
  182. Cardiomyopathy in Chronic Kidney Disease and in End-stage Renal Disease
  183. Endothelial Dysfunction, Nitric Oxide Bioavailability, and Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine
  184. Measures of Disease Frequency: Prevalence and Incidence
  185. Measures of Effect in Epidemiological Research
  186. Nebivolol Improves Renal Function in Patients Who Underwent Angioplasty due to Renal Artery Stenosis: A Pilot Study
  187. Observational Studies Are Complementary to Randomized Controlled Trials
  188. Prevalence and Prognosis of Mild Anemia in Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study in Outpatient Renal Clinics
  189. Selection Bias and Information Bias in Clinical Research
  190. Soluble E-Selectin Is an Inverse and Independent Predictor of Left Ventricular Wall Thickness in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients
  191. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism is associated with left ventricular (LV) mass and predicts left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) progression in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients
  192. Methylarginines and mortality in patients with end stage renal disease: A prospective cohort study
  193. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: when they are useful and when to be careful
  194. The Databases: Renal Replacement Therapy Since 1989—The European Renal Association and European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA)
  195. Klotho Variants and Chronic Hemodialysis Mortality
  196. The Relationship between Hemoglobin Levels and Endothelial Functions in Diabetes Mellitus
  197. Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease--a review produced to contribute to the report 'the status of health in the European union: towards a healthier Europe'
  198. An update on renal replacement therapy in Europe: ERA-EDTA Registry data from 1997 to 2006
  199. Biomarkers of Left Atrial Volume
  200. Screening: why, when, and how
  201. The 2007 ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report--a Precis
  202. The Randomized Controlled Trial
  203. Promoting scientific collaboration and education in cardiovascular-renal medicine: EURECAM: An ERA-EDTA-based working group
  204. The sweetness of glitazones: randomized trials needed
  205. Erratum
  206. Diagnostic methods 2: receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves
  207. Comorbidity data collection by renal registries--a remaining challenge
  208. Diagnostic methods I: sensitivity, specificity, and other measures of accuracy
  209. Hemoglobin is inversely related to flow-mediated dilatation in chronic kidney disease
  210. Sleep Disordered Breathing in Renal Transplant Patients
  211. Reply
  212. Abdominal Obesity and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in End-Stage Renal Disease
  213. The effect of joint exposures: examining the presence of interaction
  214. The future of European Nephrology 'Guidelines'--a declaration of intent by European Renal Best Practice (ERBP)
  215. Blood pressure control: hydrogen sulfide, a new gasotransmitter, takes stage
  216. Out-of-office blood pressure monitoring in chronic kidney disease
  217. Clinical Implications of Elevated Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease
  218. Cohort Studies: Prospective versus Retrospective
  219. Study Designs in Clinical Research
  220. Thyroid, Renal Function, and Cardiac Outcome
  221. Vitamin D levels and patient outcome in chronic kidney disease
  222. FGF-23 in dialysis patients: ready for prime time?
  223. Gammaglutamyltransferase in ESRD as a predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: another facet of oxidative stress burden
  224. Testing for causality and prognosis: etiological and prognostic models
  225. The obesity epidemics in ESRD: from wasting to waist?
  226. Agreement between methods
  227. Asymmetric dimethylarginine: a novel marker of risk and a potential target for therapy in chronic kidney disease
  228. Type-2 diabetes and endothelial dysfunction: exploring the road to disease in the reverse direction
  229. Endorsement of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) hepatitis C guidelines: a European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) position statement
  230. Survival analysis: time-dependent effects and time-varying risk factors
  231. The analysis of survival data in nephrology: basic concepts and methods of Cox regression
  232. The analysis of survival data: the Kaplan–Meier method
  233. Vascular endothelial growth factor, left ventricular dysfunction and mortality in hemodialysis patients
  234. Biosimilars and biopharmaceuticals: what the nephrologists need to know--a position paper by the ERA-EDTA Council
  235. Obesity, diabetes, adiponectin and the kidney: a podocyte affair
  236. Kidney Function and Risk Factors for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Untreated Uncomplicated Essential Hypertension
  237. European best practice quo vadis? From European best practice guidelines (EBPG) to European renal best practice (ERBP)
  238. Linear and logistic regression analysis
  239. Endogenous ouabain and cardiomyopathy in dialysis patients
  240. Urotensin II: a cardiovascular and renal update
  241. C.E.R.A. Corrects Anemia in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease not on Dialysis: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
  242. Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease: Where Does Europe Go?
  243. Cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease: Not high enough to enter the major league?
  244. Confounding: What it is and how to deal with it
  245. Urotensin II and Cardiomyopathy in End-Stage Renal Disease
  246. Rate of Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation Predicts Cardiovascular Events in ESRD
  247. Dietary Modulation of the Inflammatory Response
  248. Bias in clinical research
  249. The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and in End-Stage Renal Disease
  250. Urotensin II is an inverse predictor of death and fatal cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease
  251. Neuropeptide Y and Markers of Osteoblast Activity in Dialysis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
  252. Clinical policies on the management of chronic kidney disease patients in Italy
  253. Endothelial dysfunction in CKD: a new player in town?
  254. Endothelial Dysfunction and C-Reactive Protein Are Risk Factors for Diabetes in Essential Hypertension
  255. Circulating E-selectin as a risk marker in patients with end-stage renal disease
  256. Dry Mouth in Dialysis Patients
  257. Measures of effect: Relative risks, odds ratios, risk difference, and ‘number needed to treat’
  258. Nocturnal Hypoxemia: A Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Dialysis Patients
  259. Guest Editor: Rajiv Agarwal: Cardiovascular Risk Profile Assessment and Medication Control Should Come First
  260. The randomized clinical trial: An unbeatable standard in clinical research?
  261. The valuable contribution of observational studies to nephrology
  262. Searching for biomarker patterns characterizing carotid atherosclerotic burden in patients with reduced renal function
  263. CARDIOVASCULAR AND SURVIVAL PARADOXES IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS: It Is Important to Lower Homocysteine in Dialysis Patients
  264. General and clinical epidemiology at square two: A new educational series for the renal physician
  265. Measuring disease occurrence
  266. An Additive Effect of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms Contributes to the Severity of Atherosclerosis in Patients on Dialysis
  267. Adiponectin and renal disease progression: Another epidemiologic conundrum?
  268. The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes website: Comparison of guidelines as a tool for harmonization
  269. A New Perspective for the Treatment of Renal Diseases?
  270. How important is echocardiography for risk stratification in follow-up of patients with chronic kidney disease?
  271. Left Atrial Volume Monitoring and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study
  272. Prognostic value of the New York Heart Association classification in end-stage renal disease
  273. Quality of care in end-stage renal disease: the importance of comparing 'apples with apples'
  274. Asymmetric dimethyl-arginine (ADMA) response to inflammation in acute infections
  275. Clinical Databases and the QUEST Initiative
  276. Asymmetric dimethylarginine in end-stage renal disease patients: A biomarker modifiable by calcium blockade and angiotensin II antagonism?
  277. Human adipose tissue binds and metabolizes the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol
  278. Dissecting Inflammation in ESRD: Do Cytokines and C-Reactive Protein Have a Complementary Prognostic Value for Mortality in Dialysis Patients?
  279. Urotensin in ESRD: Not so surprising
  280. Low triiodothyronine and cardiomyopathy in patients with end-stage renal disease
  281. Subclinical hypothyroidism is linked to micro-inflammation and predicts death in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
  282. Endothelial dysfunction in subcutaneous small resistance arteries and cardiovascular events
  283. Letter by Kielstein et al Regarding Article, “Renal Function as a Predictor of Outcome in a Broad Spectrum of Patients With Heart Failure”
  284. A green light for troponin T in the cardiovascular risk stratification of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients?
  285. ADMA, proteinuria, and insulin resistance in non-diabetic stage I chronic kidney disease
  286. Low triiodothyronine and survival in end-stage renal disease
  287. Traditional and emerging cardiovascular and renal risk factors: An epidemiologic perspective
  288. Left atrial volume in end-stage renal disease: a prospective cohort study
  289. Asymmetric dimethylarginine: a new player in the pathogenesis of renal disease?
  290. Urotensin II and Biomarkers of Endothelial Activation and Atherosclerosis in End-Stage Renal Disease
  291. Pre- and Postdialysis Blood Pressures Are Imprecise Estimates of Interdialytic Ambulatory Blood Pressure
  292. Uric Acid and Endothelial Dysfunction in Essential Hypertension
  293. Left Ventricular Systolic Function Monitoring in Asymptomatic Dialysis Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study
  294. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA): a cardiovascular and renal risk factor on the move
  295. Renal impairment: a risk factor for ischemic heart disease
  296. Urotensin II is an inverse predictor of incident cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease
  297. Endothelial Dysfunction and the Kidney: Emerging Risk Factors for Renal Insufficiency and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Essential Hypertension
  298. Inflammation as a Mediator of the Link between Mild to Moderate Renal Insufficiency and Endothelial Dysfunction in Essential Hypertension
  299. The E-selectin gene polymorphism and carotid atherosclerosis in end-stage renal disease
  300. About the manuscript of Nishitani Y et al. (Kidney Int 2005; 68: 1078–1085)
  301. Kidney Diseases in the Developing World and Ethnic Minorities
  302. Global approach to cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease: Reality and opportunities for intervention
  303. Mendelian Randomization: A New Approach to Studying Epidemiology in ESRD
  304. The Determinants of Endothelial Dysfunction in CKD: Oxidative Stress and Asymmetric Dimethylarginine
  305. Homocysteine and risk in end-stage renal disease: a matter of context
  306. Is silent cerebral infarction associated with vascular events in patients undergoing hemodialysis?
  307. Nutritional-inflammation status and resistance to erythropoietin therapy in haemodialysis patients
  308. Is oxidative stress implicated in high bone turnover in end-stage renal disease (ESRD)?
  309. Atherosclerosis and the Glu298Asp Polymorphism of the eNOS Gene in White Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease
  310. Are Homocysteine and MTHFR Genotype Polymorphism Associated with Arteriovenous Fistula Patency?
  311. In Reply
  312. Predictors of Cardiovascular Death in ESRD
  313. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) as a cardiovascular risk factor in end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
  314. Prognostic value of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and of night/day ratio in nondiabetic, cardiovascular events-free hemodialysis patients
  315. QUality European STudies (QUEST)–a step forward in the quality of RRT care
  316. Asymmetric Dimethylarginine, L-Arginine, and Endothelial Dysfunction in Essential Hypertension
  317. Asymmetric Dimethylarginine: A Cardiovascular Risk Factor and a Uremic Toxin Coming of Age?
  318. Low Triiodothyronine: A New Facet of Inflammation in End-Stage Renal Disease
  319. Asymmetrical Dimethylarginine Predicts Progression to Dialysis and Death in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Competing Risks Modeling Approach
  320. Prognostic value of combined use of biomarkers of inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and myocardiopathy in patients with ESRD
  321. Hyperhomocysteinemia and arteriovenous fistula thrombosis in hemodialysis patients
  322. Blood-pressure control for renoprotection in patients with non-diabetic chronic renal disease (REIN-2): multicentre, randomised controlled trial
  323. Inflammation Markers, Adhesion Molecules, and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with ESRD: Searching for the Best Risk Marker by Multivariate Modeling
  324. Parasympathetic neuropathy and LVH
  325. Adipose tissue cytokines, insulin sensitivity, inflammation, and cardiovascular outcomes in end-stage renal disease patients
  326. Neuropeptide Y as a far-reaching neuromediator: from energy balance and cardiovascular regulation to central integration of weight and bone mass control mechanisms. Implications for human diseases
  327. Endothelial Dysfunction and Mild Renal Insufficiency in Essential Hypertension
  328. Inflammatory proteins as predictors of cardiovascular disease in patients with end-stage renal disease
  329. HYPERTENSION IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS: Cardiac Consequences of Hypertension in Hemodialysis Patients
  330. Achievement of target blood pressure levels in chronic kidney disease: a salty question?
  331. Left ventricular mass monitoring in the follow-up of dialysis patients: Prognostic value of left ventricular hypertrophy progression
  332. Prognostic Value of Echocardiographic Indicators of Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Asymptomatic Dialysis Patients
  333. Heart valve calcifications, survival, and cardiovascular risk in hemodialysis patients
  334. In reply
  335. Analysis of the Relationship between Norepinephrine and Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine Levels among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
  336. ADMA: a novel risk factor that explains excess cardiovascular event rate in patients with end-stage renal disease
  337. Genetic polymorphism of the renin???angiotensin???aldosterone system and arterial hypertension in the Italian population
  338. Salivary and lacrimal secretion is reduced in patients with ESRD
  339. Prospective Study of Neuropeptide Y as an Adverse Cardiovascular Risk Factor in End-Stage Renal Disease
  340. The importance of diabetic nephropathy in current nephrological practice
  341. Chlamydia pneumoniae, overall and cardiovascular mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
  342. Fibrinogen, mortality and incident cardiovascular complications in end-stage renal failure
  343. Neuropeptide Y, left ventricular mass and function in patients with end stage renal disease
  344. Fibrinogen, inflammation and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy in chronic renal failure
  345. Salt sensitivity phenotype
  346. Adma: a critical cardio-renal link in heart failure?
  347. Arterial pressure components and cardiovascular risk in end-stage renal disease
  348. Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Left Ventricular Geometry in End-Stage Renal Disease
  349. Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in End-Stage Renal Disease
  350. In reply to Król
  351. Increased cardiac troponin T is linked to the type of renal replacement therapy
  352. Diagnostic value of troponin T for alterations in left ventricular mass and function in dialysis patients
  353. Inflammation and outcome in end-stage renal failure: Does female gender constitute a survival advantage?
  354. Low parathyroid hormone and pentosidine in hemodialysis patients
  355. Left ventricular hypertrophy, cardiac remodeling and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in hemodialysis patients
  356. Norepinephrine and Concentric Hypertrophy in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease
  357. Troponin is related to left ventricular mass and predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients
  358. The oscillometric wrist devices: an estimate of the ‘supine’ error
  359. Plasma Norepinephrine Predicts Survival and Incident Cardiovascular Events in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease
  360. Prediction of hypertension in hemodialysis patients
  361. Hyperhomocysteinemia predicts cardiovascular outcomes in hemodialysis patients
  362. Endothelial Damage, Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Cardiovascular Risk in End-Stage Renal Disease
  363. Nocturnal Hypoxemia: A Neglected Cardiovascular Risk Factor in End-Stage Renal Disease?
  364. Plasma concentration of asymmetrical dimethylarginine and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease: a prospective study
  365. Diagnostic potential of cardiac natriuretic peptides in dialysis patients
  366. Urinary adrenomedullin is related to ET-1 and salt intake in patients with mild essential hypertension
  367. Left ventricular hypertrophy and nocturnal hypoxemia in hemodialysis patients
  368. Gender-dependent differences in plasma leptin in essential hypertension
  369. The deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme is associated with nephroangiosclerosis
  370. ACE genotype and ACE inhibitors induced renoprotection in chronic proteinuric nephropathies1
  371. Prediction of left ventricular geometry by clinic, pre-dialysis and 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring in hemodialysis patients
  372. Renoprotective properties of ACE-inhibition in non-diabetic nephropathies with non-nephrotic proteinuria
  373. Ambulatory monitoring and clinic BP measurements for predicting left ventricular mass in patients with chronic renal diseases
  374. Plasma adrenomedullin during acute changes in intravascular volume in hemodialysis patients
  375. Nocturnal hypoxemia, night-day arterial pressure changes and left ventricular geometry in dialysis patients
  376. Another ‘Epidemic’ of Spontaneous Rupture of Peritoneal Catheters
  377. Salt, resting arterial pressure and 24 h monitoring
  378. The heart rate response pattern to dialysis hypotension in haemodialysis patients
  379. Reproducibility of the response to short-term low salt intake in essential hypertension
  380. Influence of Cardiovascular Damage and Residual Renal Function on Plasma Endothelin in Chronic Renal Failure
  381. Effects of Potassium on Sodium Balance, Renin, Noradrenaline and Arterial Pressure
  382. Effect of the 5-hydroxytryptamine type 2 receptor antagonist, ketanserin, on blood pressure, the renin-angiotensin system and sympatho-adrenal function in patients with essential hypertension.
  383. Enalapril (MK421) and its lysine analogue (MK521): a comparison of acute and chronic effects on blood pressure, renin-angiotensin system and sodium excretion in normal man.
  384. Is Metenkephalin Responsible for the Baroreflex Dysfunction of Chronic Uraemics?
  385. The effect of a 5-HT antagonist, ketanserin, on blood pressure, the renin-angiotensin system and sympathoadrenal function in normal man.
  386. A comparison of the effects of angiotensin II infusion and variations in salt intake on plasma aldosterone levels in normal subjects, patients with essential hypertension and patients with hyperaldosteronism
  387. The Renal Tubular Defect of Bartter’s Syndrome