title: Effects of Cardiac Function with Postoperative Arteriovenous Fistula Blood Flow in Patients with Hemodialysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of cardiac function with postoperative arteriovenous fistula (AVF) blood flow in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 45 HD patients were examined at the Juntendo University Hospital. The AVF blood flow was measured using ultrasonography, and the cardiac function was measured using echocardiography. Correlation between these parameters and the rate of change in body weight (BW) was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of postoperative days significantly correlated with the AVF blood flow, and it positively correlated with the stroke volume (SV). The postoperative AVF blood flow in patients with reduced ejection fraction (EF) was lower than that in patients with normal EF. The rate of change of BW negatively correlated with that of SV, positively correlated with cardiac output (CO), and positively correlated with CO in patients with an AVF blood flow of more than 1,000 mL/min.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It appears that the cardiac function can be improved by controlling the BW even in patients with high AVF blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Io
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamoto
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horikoshi
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomino
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001835:Body Weight; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013318:Stroke Volume