Changes in the ankle-brachial blood pressure index among hemodialysis patients

Takayuki Abe,Shigeru Otsubo,Naoki Kimata,Tomoki Okajima,Yumi Otani,Jun Murakami,Iwakazu Kaneko,Naoko Miwa,Michio Mineshima,Ken Tsuchiya,Kosaku Nitta,Takashi Akiba

Changes in the ankle-brachial blood pressure index among hemodialysis patients

2016

Takayuki Abe
Shigeru Otsubo
Naoki Kimata
Tomoki Okajima
Yumi Otani
Jun Murakami
Iwakazu Kaneko
Naoko Miwa
Michio Mineshima
Ken Tsuchiya
Kosaku Nitta
Takashi Akiba

Background The ankle-brachial blood pressure index (ABI) is an independent predictor of mortality in hemodialysis patients. In the present study, we investigated the factors that predict changes in the ABI in hemodialysis patients.

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Hemodialysis
Nephrology
Ankle
Medicine
Blood pressure
Cardiology
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Risk factor
Predictive variables
patient age

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