Arterial stiffness and pulse pressure in CKD and ESRD Marie Briet, Pierre Boutouyrie, Stéphane Laurent, Gérard M. London  Kidney International  Volume 82, Issue 4, Pages 388-400 (August 2012) DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.131 Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Schematic representation of the role of arterial stiffness in assuring blood flow through the peripheral circulation. Kidney International 2012 82, 388-400DOI: (10.1038/ki.2012.131) Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Representation of forward and reflected pressure wave travel and the influence of their timing and overlap on recorded aortic and peripheral pressure waves.Tsh, time to shoulder. Kidney International 2012 82, 388-400DOI: (10.1038/ki.2012.131) Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Stiffness gradient. (a) When an arterial stiffness gradient is present (aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) <peripheral PWV), partial reflections occur far from the microcirculation and return at low PWV to the aorta in diastole, thereby maintaining central-to-peripheral amplification. Partial reflections limit the transmission of pulsatile pressure energy to the periphery and protect the microcirculation. (b) When the stiffness gradient disappears or is inverted (aortic PWV >peripheral PWV), pulsatile pressure is not sufficiently dampened and is transmitted, damaging the microcirculation. In parallel, the central-to-peripheral pressure amplification is attenuated. Kidney International 2012 82, 388-400DOI: (10.1038/ki.2012.131) Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Arterial stiffness phenotypes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 2–5 patients compared with normotensive (NT) and hypertensive (HT) controls. (a) Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), (b) Young's elastic modulus, (c) circumferential stress, and (d) probability of survival without dialysis according to circumferential wall stress.104,118 Cr-EDTA, chromium-labeled ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; GFR, glomerular filtration rate. Kidney International 2012 82, 388-400DOI: (10.1038/ki.2012.131) Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 5 Correlations between common artery diameter or intima–media thickness and age of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and controls. Adapted From Pannier et al.28,143 Kidney International 2012 82, 388-400DOI: (10.1038/ki.2012.131) Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 6 Aortic and femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) as a function of age of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and controls (mean; left panel). Femoral/aortic PWV ratio (stiffness gradient) in ESRD patients and controls (right panel). Adapted from Pannier et al.28,143 Kidney International 2012 82, 388-400DOI: (10.1038/ki.2012.131) Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 7 Correlations between common carotid artery systolic blood pressure (BP) and common carotid artery relative wall thickness (intima–media thickness/radius ratio (th/r)) in controls and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Adapted from Pannier et al.143 Kidney International 2012 82, 388-400DOI: (10.1038/ki.2012.131) Copyright © 2012 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions