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Association between routine and standardized blood pressure measurements and left ventricular hypertrophy among patients on hemodialysis

Abstract

BackgroundLeft ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is common among patients on hemodialysis. While a relationship between blood pressure (BP) and LV hypertrophy has been established, it is unclear which BP measurement method is the strongest correlate of LV hypertrophy. We sought to determine agreement between various blood pressure measurement methods, as well as identify which method was the strongest correlate of LV hypertrophy among patients on …

Authors

Khangura J; Culleton BF; Manns BJ; Zhang J; Barnieh L; Walsh M; Klarenbach SW; Tonelli, M; Sarna M; Hemmelgarn BR

Journal

BMC Nephrology, Vol. 11, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

12 2010

DOI

10.1186/1471-2369-11-13

ISSN

1471-2369