title: Changes in cardiac performance after dialysis in patients with chronic renal failure.
abstract: The effect of hemodialysis on left ventricular performance in 10 uremic patients was studied utilizing echocardiography. Left ventricular function curves constructed by a lower body negative pressure method were compared before and after dialysis. Although hemodialysis caused a decrease in the stroke volume index at rest from 55 +/- 17 to 50 +/- 20 ml/m2, the left ventricular function curve did not show any detectable shift. Thus, it is concluded that a decrease in stroke volume secondary to dialysis is attributable to the reduction in preload, rather than to changes in the contractile state of the left ventricle.
authors: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Takabatake
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sasayama
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Fujita
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Asanoi
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Iida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008150:Lower Body Negative Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013318:Stroke Volume