Status:

COMPLETED

Aortic Calcification and Central Blood Pressure in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Central Jutland Regional Hospital

Conditions:

Arterial Calcification

Kidney Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Aim and background: This study will seek to identify physiological and biochemical factors explaining and predicting a higher than expected central (aortic) blood pressure (BP) in patients with chron...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \>18 years
  • Patient referred for planned CAG at the Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital (AUH)
  • eGFR constantly either \>60 ml/min or \<60 ml/min in at least 2 separate blood-sample measurements over at least 3 months.
  • Signed informed consent-form.

Exclusion

  • Antihypertensive treatment changed within the last two weeks prior to the CAG.
  • Severe aortic valve stenosis (\<1 cm) as central hemodynamics may be altered
  • Maximum number of patients in CKD-group already reached.
  • Atrial fibrillation or other cardiac arrhythmia making radial Pulse Wave Analysis (PWA) estimations impossible.
  • Known significant stenosis of a. subclavia or a. brachialis
  • Bilateral arteriovenous-fistula (even if one or both of these have been surgically removed) as this may significantly affect the pulse-wave form.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 15 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

185 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04114695

Start Date

October 15 2019

End Date

January 1 2022

Last Update

March 31 2022

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Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus, Denmark, 8200