Is reduced baroreflex sensitivity associated with increased mortality in hemodialysis patients with vascular calcification?
Reduced baroreflex sensitivity may contribute to the increased mortality observed in hemodialysis patients with vascular calcification.
The reduction in BRS and the resulting aberrant blood pressure response to the physiological stress and volume changes of HD may be important in the further understanding of the pathophysiology of the increased mortality in HD patients with vascular calcification.
Chesterton et al. (Tue,) studied this question.