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Aortic Stiffness and Pulsatile Pressures as Potential Mediators of Chronic Kidney Disease Induced Impaired Diastolic Function.

Hon-Chun HsuGrace TadeGavin R NortonFerande PetersChanel RobinsonNoluntu DlongoloGloria TeckieAngela J WoodiwissPatrick Hector Dessein
Published in: International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease (2022)
Aortic stiffness rather than pulsatile pressures mediates CKD-related impaired left ventricular active relaxation. By contrast, aortic pulsatile pressures (and not stiffness) contribute to CKD-related left ventricular filling pressures but do not fully account for the respective association.
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