Does carotid-ankle vascular index reflect proper vascular distensibility in hemodialysis patients?
Matsumae
Tomoji
T
Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorinkai Murakami Memorial Hospital, 1799, Moro-Machi, Nakatsu, Oita 871-0049, Japan.
Ueda
Kazuo
K
D000842:Ankle / Q000098:blood supply*; D055109:Ankle Brachial Index; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis