Why the study?
Does pulse pressure predict death and cardiovascular events better than other blood pressure values in chronic hemodialysis patients?
Population
553 patients with end-stage renal diseases on chronic hemodialysis
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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May support PP monitoring in hemodialysis; leaves open superiority to other BP metrics and need for prospective validation.
Does pulse pressure predict death and cardiovascular events better than other blood pressure values in chronic hemodialysis patients?
Pulse pressure is a stronger predictor of mortality and cardiovascular events than other blood pressure metrics in patients on chronic hemodialysis.
Ishimitsu et al. (2008) studied this question.
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