Traditional dietary recommendations to renal patients limited the intake of fruits and
vegetables because of their high potassium content. However, this paradigm is rapidly …

Vitamin K health benefits have been recently widely shown to extend beyond blood
homeostasis and implicated in chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases such as …

Increased pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a marker of aortic stiffness and an independent
predictor of mortality. Matrix Gla-protein (MGP) is a vascular calcification inhibitor that needs …

Vitamin K-antagonists (VKA) are the most widely used anticoagulant drugs to treat patients
at risk of arterial and venous thrombosis for the past 50 years. Due to unfavorable …

Arterial stiffness is associated with cardiovascular risk, morbidity, and mortality. The present
paper reviews the main vitamins related to arterial stiffness and enabling destiffening, their …

Matrix gla protein (MGP) is an important vitamin K-dependent inhibitor of vascular
calcification. High levels of uncarboxylated, dephosphorylated MGP have been associated …

Background Stroke prevention by warfarin, a vitamin K antagonist, has been an integral part
in the management of atrial fibrillation. Vitamin K-dependent matrix Gla protein (MGP) has …

Background The association between aortic stiffness and all-cause mortality in kidney
transplant recipients (KTRs) is uncertain, and aortic stiffness has not yet been incorporated …

Arterial stiffness is an important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in
patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Arterial stiffness aggravates cardiovascular …

The evidence about the effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulation in patients on
hemodialysis is conflicting and scarce. Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) …