Original Article
Active Vitamin D and Accelerated Progression of Aortic Stiffness in Hemodialysis Patients: A Longitudinal Observational Study Catherine Fortier,1,2 Fabrice Mac-Way,1,2 Sacha A. De Serres,1,2 Karine Marquis,1 Pierre Douville,3,4 Simon Desmeules,1,2 Richard Larivière,1,2 and Mohsen Agharazii1,2
methods We conducted an observational study in 85 patients on chronic hemodialysis, among which 70 were taking a weekly dose of α-calcidol of 3 months) with stable dry weight and adequate dialysis. The exclusion criteria of the cohort were any clinical conditions that would hamper hemodynamic measurements (absence of femoral pulse; systolic blood pressure (SBP) of
Active Vitamin D and Accelerated Progression of Aortic Stiffness in Hemodialysis Patients: A Longitudinal Observational Study Catherine Fortier,1,2 Fabrice Mac-Way,1,2 Sacha A. De Serres,1,2 Karine Marquis,1 Pierre Douville,3,4 Simon Desmeules,1,2 Richard Larivière,1,2 and Mohsen Agharazii1,2
methods We conducted an observational study in 85 patients on chronic hemodialysis, among which 70 were taking a weekly dose of α-calcidol of 3 months) with stable dry weight and adequate dialysis. The exclusion criteria of the cohort were any clinical conditions that would hamper hemodynamic measurements (absence of femoral pulse; systolic blood pressure (SBP) of
