Open AccessAortic stiffness, left ventricular hypertrophy and weekly averaged blood pressure (WAB) in patients on haemodialysis
Author(s) -
Hidekazu Moriya,
Takayasu Ohtake,
Shuzo Kobayashi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl732
Subject(s) - medicine , left ventricular hypertrophy , cardiology , blood pressure , hemodialysis , arterial stiffness , aortic pressure
In haemodialysis (HD) patients, no consensus has been reached with regard to the desired blood pressure (BP) level and when or how BP should be monitored. Moreover, BP variability over a period of 1 week has not been well studied in HD patients.
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