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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, RESULTS. Meshes: Aged, Cilostazol, Disease-Free Survival, Female, Humans, Kidney Diseases, Male, Middle Aged, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Propensity Score, Proportional Hazards Models, Renal Dialysis, Stroke, Tetrazoles, Vasodilator Agents.
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Does treatment with cilostazol improve clinical outcome after endovascular therapy in hemodialysis patients with peripheral artery disease? Context: Cilostazol has been reported to prevent atherosclerotic events in the general population. However, data have been limited whether there are beneficial effects of cilostazol use on long-term clinical outcomes after endovascular therapy in hemodialysis (HD) patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). This study consisted of 595 HD patients undergoing endovascular therapy for a clinical diagnosis of PAD. They were divided into two groups: patients receiving 100mg cilostazol twice daily in conjunction with standard therapy (n=249 patients, cilostazol group) and those not administered cilostazol (n=346 patients, control group). A propensity score analysis was performed to adjust for baseline differences between the two groups. The propensity score-adjusted 10-year event-free survival rate from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) was significantly higher in the cilostazol group than in the control group [58.6% vs. 43.7%, hazard ratio (HR) 0.57; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.41-0.79; p=0.0010]. Notably, the adjusted stroke-free rate was significantly higher in the cilostazol group than in the control group (81.6% vs. 74.7%; HR=0.48; 95% CI, 0.25-0.92, p=0.028). Even after adjusting for other confounders, treatment with cilostazol was an independent predictor for prevention of MACE and stroke (p=0.0028 and p=0.039, respectively).
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Cilostazol administration improves long-term clinical outcomes including prevention of MACE and stroke after endovascular therapy in HD patients with PAD. Final Decision: yes