Aortic calcium score affects non-invasively obtained estimates of central blood pressure in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

Background: We recently reported that central blood pressure (BP) obtained non-invasively in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients significantly underestimated the central BP with decreasing eGFR in comparison with invasively measured true central BP in the aorta. This post-hoc analysis investigated whether the presence of aortic calcification affected non-invasive estimates of central BP.

Source: Artery Research - November 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rasmus K. Carlsen, Christian D. Peters, Esben Laugesen, Simon Winther, Dinah S. Khatir, Hans E. Boetker, Morten Boettcher, Per Ivarsen, My Svensson, Niels H. Buus Source Type: research