Abstract
The authors report the results of a prospective study about echocardiographic parameters of 14 chronic dialyzed patients. Mean age was 44.4 +/- 12 (extremes: 16 and 63). There are 12 men (86%) and 2 women (14%). The main renal disease responsible was nephroangiosclerosis (9 cases, 64.3%). Hypertension is found in all the patients, anemia in 13 (92.8%). The heart, as shown by echocardiography, was concerned in 13 patients (92.8%). The main abnormalities found were: left ventricular hypertrophy (13 cases: 92.8%), left ventricular dysfunction (4 cases: 28.5%), abnormality in left ventricular relaxation (3 cases: 21.4%), pericardial effusion (4 cases: 28.5%).
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Echocardiography*
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Female
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Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Valve Diseases / epidemiology
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Heart Valve Diseases / etiology
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Humans
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Hypertension / complications
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Hypertension / epidemiology
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / epidemiology
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
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Pericardial Effusion / epidemiology
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Pericardial Effusion / etiology
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Prospective Studies
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Renal Dialysis*
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Senegal / epidemiology
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / epidemiology
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology