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Pulse pressure, a surrogate for arterial stiffness, has been shown to have substantial impact on predicting patient mortality. Excess cardiac risk in the end-stage renal disease population could be mediated by elevated arterial stiffness, which might in turn result from secondary hyperparathyroidism and abnormal calcium metabolism.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Division of Nephrology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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