Chronic kidney disease is characterized by "double trouble" higher pulse pressure plus night-time systolic blood pressure and more severe cardiac damage.

BACKGROUND: Hypertension plays a key role in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but CKD itself affects the blood pressure (BP) profile. The aim of this study was to assess the association of BP profile with CKD and the presence of cardiac organ damage. METHODS: We studied 1805 patients, referred to our H...

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Main Authors: Massimiliano Fedecostante, Francesco Spannella, Giovanna Cola, Emma Espinosa, Paolo Dessì-Fulgheri, Riccardo Sarzani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3900490?pdf=render