Blood pressure check-up--routine blood pressure measurements in a patient with arteriovenous shunt and under dialysis

Jespersen, B.A.; Kristensen, I.B.

Ugeskrift for Laeger 154(35): 2372-2373

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782
PMID: 1413153
Document Number: 397214
A case of untreated hypertension in a patient, where blood pressure could be measured in the right arm only is presented. At autopsy, the brachio-cephalic artery was found to be occluded explaining why blood pressure values were low. Significant left ventricular hypertrophy indicating high central blood pressure was found. Sudden death followed a spontaneous intracerebral bleeding. The value of conventional blood pressure measurement in patients with arteriovenous shunt because of chronic dialysis is discussed.

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