Association of Intradialytic Hypertension with Left Ventricular Mass in Hypertensive Hemodialysis Patients Enrolled in the Blood Pressure in Dialysis (BID) Study

• Main Authors: Amith Roy Shamir (Author), Ameet Karembelkar (Author), Jonathan Yabes (Author), Yi Yao (Author), Dana Miskulin (Author), Jennifer Gassman (Author), David Ploth (Author), Lavinia Negrea (Author), Susan Paine (Author), Mahboob Rahman (Author), Raymond Y. Kwong (Author), Philip Zager (Author), Manisha Jhamb (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Intradialytic hypertension (IDH), or paradoxical rise in blood pressure (BP) during hemodialysis (HD) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The association between IDH and increased left ventricular mass (LVM), a well-known risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outc...