Aortic Calcification Affects Noninvasive Estimates of Central Blood Pressure in Patients with Severe Chronic Kidney Disease

• Hoofdauteurs: Rasmus Kirkeskov Carlsen (Auteur), Simon Winther (Auteur), Christian D. Peters (Auteur), Esben Laugesen (Auteur), Dinah S. Khatir (Auteur), Hans E. Bøtker (Auteur), Morten Bøttcher (Auteur), Per Ivarsen (Auteur), My Svensson (Auteur), Niels Henrik Buus (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Karger Publishers, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Central blood pressure (BP) assessed noninvasively considerably underestimates true invasively measured aortic BP in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The difference between the estimated and the true aortic BP increases with decreasing estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR)....