title: [Left ventricular dysfunction measured in diabetic patients with chronic renal failure on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In diabetic patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) treated with dialysis, the diastolic and systolic left ventricular dysfunction is frequent. The aim was to assess by echocardiography the prevalence of diastolic and systolic ventricular dysfunction in diabetic patients with CRF treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty diabetic patients with CRF in CAPD were studied. The mean age was 54.5 +/- 12 years (27-78 years). The left ventricular filling pattern (LVFP) as a diastolic function parameter and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) as a systolic function parameter were measured by transthoracic echocardiography. Descriptive statistical analysis was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  27 (45 %) patients were women and 33 (55 %) were men. In 55 (91.7 %) left ventricular concentric hypertrophy was observed. Fifty-two patients (86.7 %) showed LVFP type I; three (5 %) had the type II; two (3.3 %) showed pseudonormal pattern and three (5 %) had a normal LVFP. The LVEF was 0.63 +/- 0.09 (CI = 0.41-0.82). Forty nine (81.7 %) patients had LVEF equal or greater than 0.55.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of diastolic left ventricular dysfunction was 95 % and the prevalence of systolic left ventricular dysfunction was 18.3%.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, México. gustavodiazarrieta@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Díaz-Arrieta
authors.forename: María Elsa
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Hernández
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pacheco-Aranda
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivas-Duro
authors.forename: Héctor Manuel
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Robles-Parra
authors.forename: Raúl Arturo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Espinosa-Vázquez
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernández-Cabrera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D015995:Prevalence; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*