Estimating central blood pressure in the extreme vascular phenotype of advanced kidney disease | Zendy

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Estimating central blood pressure in the extreme vascular phenotype of advanced kidney disease

Author(s) -

Pierre Boutouyrie,

Gérard M. London,

James E. Sharman

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

kidney international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.499

H-Index - 276

eISSN - 1523-1755

pISSN - 0085-2538

DOI - 10.1016/j.kint.2016.06.039

Subject(s) - kidney disease , blood pressure , medicine , disease , cardiology , peripheral , kidney

Carlsen et al. demonstrated that the estimation of central blood pressure from peripheral tonometry does not work properly in patients with chronic kidney disease. We explore here the implications of this finding, first by considering the technical conditions for validating central BP monitors, then by discussing the possible causes for discrepancies between chronic kidney disease patients and usual study populations. Lastly, we review the merits and limits of the work by Carlsen et al.

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