Does hemodialysis reduce augmentation index but not aortic or brachial pulse wave velocity in dialysis-requiring patients?
This study shows that hemodialysis does not acutely affect arterial stiffness, but reduces wave reflections from periphery. This dissociation between effects of hemodialysis on PWV and AIx(75) may reflect differential impact on large and small branches of the arterial tree.
Smoking is known to be a risk factor for AMD and this study suggests that smokers are at no more risk of developing neovascular than atrophic lesions.