Patient-specific pulse wave propagation model identifies cardiovascular risk characteristics in hemodialysis patients.

ABSTRACT: Risk of cardiovascular associated death in dialysis patients is the highest among all other co-morbidities. Improving the identification of patients with the highest cardiovascular risk to design an adequate treatment is, therefore, of utmost importance. There are several non-invasive cardiovascular state biomarkers based on the pulse (pressure) wave propagation properties, but their major determinants are not fully understood. In the current study we aimed to provide a framework to precisely dissect the information available in non-invasively recorded pulse wave in hemodialysis patients. Radial pressure wave profiles were recorded before, during and after two independent hemodialysis sessions in 35 anuric prevalent hemodialysis patients and once in a group of 32 healthy volunteers. Each r

SUBMITTER: Poleszczuk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157900 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature