The investigators hypothesize that the Systolic Foot-to-Apex Time Interval (SFATI) method will be accurate for measurement of systolic blood pressure with marked arterial stiffness as seen in patients with severe renal impairment. Also that the presence of arterial calcifications only changes the agreement between the SFATI method and the reference method (auscultatory method) if the calcifications are very severe.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
90
Systolic blood pressure measured by Foot-to-Apex Systolic Interval, conventional oscillometric measurement, and the auscultatory method
CHU de Nimes
Nîmes, France
Systolic blood pressure according to oscillometric curve
mmHg measured by Systolic Foot-to-Apex Time Interval
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Systolic blood pressure according to Korotkov sounds
mmHg measured by auscultatory method
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Brachial pulse wave velocity
m/s
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Systolic blood pressure according to conventional oscillometric measurement
mmHg; Dinamap
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Brachial artery calcium score
Measured by ultrasound of the arteries of the upper limb
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Presence of arterial rigidity
Yes/No, measured by Complior \> 10 m/s
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Disease-associated patient characteristics
Age, sex, diabetes, Chronic Renal Disease stage
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Modification of antihypertensive treatment to maintain systolic tension between 110 and 130 mm Hg
Change in antihypertensive treatment following measurement
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