Risk Monitoring in dialysis patients: Survey Results
Which of the following imaging studies do you systematically monitor over time in dialysis patients? (indicate the time interval - IN MONTHS - between subsequent studies, as appropriate) |
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Time interval (in months) |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 36 | |
| ECG | 68 | 19 | 127 | 6 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Echocardiography | 16 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 1 | 1 | 349 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 6 |
| Echo Doppler carotid arteries (and/or femoral arteries) | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 10 |
| Pulse wave velocity | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Electron Beam Tomography o CAT (for the detection of coronary calcification) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
Which of the following cardiovascular risk biomarkers do you systematically monitor over time in dialysis? (indicate the time interval - IN MONTHS - between subsequent studies) |
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Time interval (in months) |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 36 | |
| C Reactive Protein | 165 | 49 | 205 | 26 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troponin T | 11 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troponin I | 6 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BNP | 9 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NT-pre-proBNP | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |