Open AccessArterial stiffness and chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Raymond R. Townsend
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
current opinion in nephrology and hypertension/current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, with evaluated medline
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1080-8221
pISSN - 1062-4821
DOI - 10.1097/mnh.0000000000000086
Subject(s) - arterial stiffness , medicine , pulse wave velocity , kidney disease , cardiology , blood pressure , cohort , renal function , population , pulse pressure , disease , environmental health
The purpose of this review is to highlight what the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study has taught us regarding arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease. The CRIC study began in mid-2003 and enrolled more than 3900 people with chronic kidney disease.