Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiac Structural and Functional Abnormalities in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Chronic Hemodialysis

• Published in: Circulation Journal Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 586 - 595
• Main Authors: Matsuo, Hiroshi, Dohi, Kaoru, Machida, Hirofumi, Takeuchi, Hideyuki, Aoki, Toshikazu, Nishimura, Hiroyuki, Yasutomi, Masashi, Senga, Michiharu, Ichikawa, Takehiko, Kakuta, Kentaro, Mizutani, Yasuhide, Tanoue, Akiko, Isaka, Naoki, Oosugi, Kazuki, Koyabu, Sukenari, Sakurai, Masato, Fukui, Yoshihisa, Kakimoto, Hitoshi, Sugimoto, Tadafumi, Ohnishi, Takahiro, Murata, Tomohiro, Ishikawa, Eiji, Okamoto, Ryuji, Yamada, Tomomi, Ogura, Toru, Nishimura, Yuki, Tanigawa, Takashi, Nomura, Shinsuke, Nishikawa, Masakatsu, Ito, Masaaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Circulation Society 25.01.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Aortic valve sclerosis; Aortic Valve Stenosis; Calcinosis; Echocardiography; Echocardiography - methods; End-stage renal disease; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging; Hemodialysis; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications; Left ventricle; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve - pathology; Parathyroid Hormone - blood; Prospective Studies; Renal Dialysis; Risk Factors; Ventricular Function, Left; End-stage renal disease; Echocardiography; Aortic valve sclerosis; Hemodialysis; Left ventricle

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:Three hundred and fifteen patients with ESRD (67.9±10.6 years, 47.6% male) on c...