Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiac Structural and Functional Abnormalities in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Chronic Hemodialysis
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the echocardiographic characteristics of chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in a multicenter prospective cohort study. METHODS AND RESULTS: . Patients were divided into 3 groups according to AVA index tertile: group 1, highest tertile; group 2, middle tertile; and group 3, lowest tertile. Group 3 was older, had a greater cardiothoracic ratio on chest X-ray, higher plasma brain natriuretic peptide and total LV afterload, and lower stroke volume index than the other 2 groups. Age and intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) level were independently associated with low AVA index. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ESRD on chronic HD have a high prevalence of cardiac structural and functional abnormalities including calcified aortic sclerosis. High age and PTH were associated with aortic valve narrowing in these patients.
Source: Circulation Journal
Authors: Hiroshi Matsuo, Kaoru Dohi, Hirofumi Machida, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Toshikazu Aoki, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Masashi Yasutomi, Michiharu Senga, Takehiko Ichikawa, Kentaro Kakuta, Yasuhide Mizutani, Akiko Tanoue, Naoki Isaka, Kazuki Oosugi, Sukenari Koyabu, Masato Sakurai, Yoshihisa Fukui, Hitoshi Kakimoto, Tadafumi Sugimoto, Takahiro Ohnishi, Tomohiro Murata, Eiji Ishikawa, Ryuji Okamoto, Tomomi Yamada, Toru Ogura, Yuki Nishimura, Takashi Tanigawa, Shinsuke Nomura, Masakatsu Nishikawa, Masaaki Ito
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2766900331