title: [Cardiac effects of the flow in the arteriovenous fistula. Study in 66 chronic hemodialysis patients].
abstract: The effect on the heart of blood flow in the arterio-venous fistula created for haemodialysis was investigated in 66 patients with chronic renal impairment. Blood flow was measured by pulsed Döppler flowmetry. A significant (p less than 0.001) correlation was established between the signs of cardiac insufficiency and the fistula blood flow x fistula duration product. The arterio-venous fistula therefore constitutes a cardiac risk which should be quantified in chronically uraemic patients undergoing repeated haemodialysis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Retentissement cardiaque du débit de la fistule artério-veineuse. Etude chez 66 hémodialysés chroniques.