Open AccessLoss of the Normal Gradient in Arterial Compliance and Outcomes of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Author(s) -
Qiong Bai,
Chunyan Su,
Aihua Zhang,
Tao Wang,
Wen Tang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiorenal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1664-3828
pISSN - 1664-5502
DOI - 10.1159/000500479
Subject(s) - medicine , pulse wave velocity , kidney disease , arterial stiffness , renal function , cardiology , dialysis , univariate analysis , diabetes mellitus , proportional hazards model , blood pressure , multivariate analysis , endocrinology
In dialysis patients, loss of the normal gradient in arterial compliance, assessed by the pulse wave velocity (PWV) ratio, predicts all-cause mortality better than does carotid-femoral PWV (CF-PWV) alone. However, the prognostic significance of the PWV ratio for outcome in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients remains unclear.