Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular dimensions and function in chronic hemodialysis patients with cardiomegaly
Renger, A.; Müller, M.; Jutzler, G.A.; Bette, L.
Clinical Nephrology 21(3): 164-168
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-0430 PMID: 6231149 Document Number: 235085
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.