Inferior vena cava diameter and left atrial diameter measure volume but not dry weight

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1066-1072

  Agarwal, Rajiv ^a,b   Michael Bouldin, J ^a   Light, Robert P ^a   Garg, Ashok ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Squire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVOLEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BLOOD VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 79957823792     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.09321010     Document Type: Article

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