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Estimating central blood pressure in the extreme vascular phenotype of advanced kidney disease.
Kidney international - 1 Oct 2016
Boutouyrie Pierre, London Gérard M, Sharman James E
Abstract excerpt
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...
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