PATIENTS UNDERGOING

Accelerated atherosclerosis and vascular calcifi cation, with oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and other factors causing the arterial stiff ness, increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis. W e aim of this paper is to assess changes in intima media thickness (IMT) at com-mon carotid arteries (CCA) in patients with stable continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (PD) and examine the relationship of these changes and other risk factors on the occurrence of atherosclerosis. W e study was conducted on stable PD patients ( type diabetic patients), aged , ± , years. CCA-IMT was assessed using ultrasound B-mode technique, bilaterally. Other risk factors for the occurrence of atherosclerosis were monitored through regular laboratory control. One atheromatous plaque was found in patients (,). Among type diabetic patients, vascular calcifi cations were found in patients. In all PD patients, CCA-IMT is , ± ,, in PD patients with vascular calcifi cations CCA-IMT is , ± , mm, while in group without vascular calcifi cations the value of this parameter is , ± , (p<, ). Signifi cant diff erences were found between PD patients with and without vascular calci-fi cations on CCA in patients age (p<,), as well as values of systolic blood pressure (p=,), serum phosphorus (p=,), product calcium and phosphorus (p=,), CRP (p=,), triglycerides (p<,