Echocardiographic tests in chronically haemodialysed patients.
Fifty-two patients kept alive by chronic dialysis have been subjected to echocardiography carried out by means of a Picker Echoview equipment with M-mode 2D technique. The revealed alterations were suggestive of hypertropic, dilatative uraemic cardiomyopathy, associated with impaired diastolic compliance. Left auricular dilatation as a source of inference for the degree of compliance diminution was found in a high percentage of patients.
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1st Department of Medicine, University Medical School Debrecen, Hungary.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors