Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular dimensions and function in chronic hemodialysis patients with cardiomegaly.
Results obtained by echocardiography in chronic hemodialysis patients with cardiomegaly show that there is a cardiomyopathy of congestive type at least in a small number of hemodialysis patients. A reduced contractility of the left ventricular myocardium with increased dimensions of the left ventricle in a uremic metabolic situation suggests that these cardiomyopathies are of uremic origin. Possible causes of "uremic cardiomyopathy" are discussed with reference to the literature.
D000328:Adult; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D006435:Renal Dialysis