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Central pulse pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease and in renal transplant recipients.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Mar 2014
Ng K P, Moody W E, Chue C D, Edwards N C, Savage T, Tomson C R V, Steeds R P, Townend J N, Ferro C J
Abstract excerpt
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal transplant recipients (RTR) have increased cardiovascular risk. The value of measuring central pulse pressure (cPP) over brachial pulse pressure (pPP) is not known. Central PP was measured in 597 patients (364 CKD:233 RTR). In multivariate analysis, age and female gender positively correlated with cPP; heart rate and estimated glomerular filtration rate...
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