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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Variability in the grade of atherosclerosis among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) could affect the ultrasound measurements of intima media thickness (IMT). We sought to investigate IMTs of carotid (cIMT) and femoral (fIMT) arteries in CKD patients and assess the degree of their correlation with histopathological atherosclerosis., METHODS: Eighty-nine out of 99 enrolled subjects completed this study. The subjects were divided into 3 groups: 34 patients with CKD (Case group), 31 with coronary artery disease undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, positive control group), and 24 healthy kidney donors (negative control group). For histopathological assessment of atherosclerosis, arterial tissue samples were obtained from the patients in each study group. The cIMT and fIMTs were measured by ultrasonography., RESULTS: Histopathological atherosclerosis was present in 82.3, 100, and 20.8% of CKD, CABG, and donor groups respectively (p < 0.001). CKD patients had higher values of cIMT and fIMT than the donor group (p = 0.01 and 0.004, respectively). cIMT was positively correlated with the grade of atherosclerosis in the CKD group only (p < 0.001), while fIMT was correlated with the grade of atherosclerosis in both CKD and donor groups (p < 0.001 and p = 0.009 respectively). In CKD patients, cIMT >0.65 mm and femoral values >0.57 mm predicted the presence of histopathological atherosclerosis with sensitivities of 96 and 92% respectively., CONCLUSION: Higher values of cIMT and fIMT in CKD patients are associated with higher rates and degrees of histopathological atherosclerosis. Additionally, when compared to fIMT, cIMT has a higher sensitivity for detecting atherosclerosis in CKD patients. Copyright © 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel.

3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Switzerland Nezami, Nariman. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Nezami, Nariman. Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Ghabili, Kamyar. Department of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Shokouhi-Gogani, Behrooz. Department of Pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Mirchi, Mohammad. Department of Radiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Ghojazadeh, Morteza. Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Safa, Javid. Department of Nephrology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Zomorrodi, Afshar. Department of Transplantation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Gharadaghi, Abasad. Department of Surgery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Mojadidi, Mohammad Khalid. Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Tarzamni, Mohammad Kazem. Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Khajir, Ghazal. Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Ghorashi, Sona. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Revzin, Margarita. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.