Why the study?
Does 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring correlate better with echocardiographic findings of end-organ damage than casual blood pressure measurements in haemodialysis patients?
Population
40 non-diabetic adult patients on regular haemodialysis treatment for a median duration of 43 months
Comparison
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring vs Casual blood pressure (cBP) measurements
Design
Cross-sectional
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ABPM correlates more closely with LV hypertrophy than casual BP in HD patients; hypothesis-generating for guiding therapy over cBP.
Does 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring correlate better with echocardiographic findings of end-organ damage than casual blood pressure measurements in haemodialysis patients?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is superior to casual blood pressure measurements for assessing the adequacy of blood pressure control and its correlation with echocardiographic end-organ damage in haemodialysis patients.
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