Long-term impacts of hemodialysis on the right ventricle: Assessment via 3-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a major cause of death in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). We used 3-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (3DSTE) to evaluate long-term impacts of MHD on RV function.

Hypothesis

In this study, RV dysfunction in MHD patients will be revealed and studied in depth by 3DSTE.

Methods

Echocardiography was performed on 110 consecutively enrolled individuals: 30 controls and 80 patients with MHD. Conventional echocardiographic parameters and 3DSTE parameters were obtained and compared between groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis identified independent predictors of intradialytic hypotension (IDH).

Results

Compared with the control group, RV end-diastolic volume (RVE

SUBMITTER: Sun M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6490018 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature