Abubakar Hilal, Qazi Abdul Saboor, Husnain Bashir, Saulat Siddique, Amber Malik, Qazi Muhammad Tufail, Adnan Salim Malik, Wasim Ahmed, Mohammad Abdul Rehmaan.
Frequency of Left Ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with end stage renal disease on maintenance haemodialysis.
J Cardiovascular Dis Jan ;12(3):56-60.

OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of Left Ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with end stage renal disease on maintenance haemodialysis. MATERIAL and METHOD: This cross sectional study was conducted in department of cardiology, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore for six months (From 1st June 2012 to 30th November 2012). 150 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled after informed consent presenting to Haemodialysis Unit, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. Two dimensional, M mode, Doppler and color Doppler echocardiography in the left lateral decubitus position, using 3.5 MHz transducer by the researcher was used. Demographic data (age,name, sex, address were noted) and data regarding LV diastolic dysfunction in patients with end stage renal disease on haemodialysis was also recorded. The left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS) was also measured. RESULTS:Majority of the patients were between 41-50 years of age i.e. 40%(n=60), mean and standard deviation was calculated as 43.54±6.21 years, 50.67%(n=76) male and 49.33%(n=74) were females. Frequency of diastolic dysfunction in patients with end stage renal disease was 86%(n=129). CONCLUSION: The frequency of Left Ventricular diastolic dysfunction is high among patients with end stage renal disease on maintenance haemodialysis. So, it is recommended that every patient who is on maintenance haemodialysis, should be sorted out for LV diastolic dysfunction along with systolic dysfunction. However, it is also required that every setup should have their surveillance in order to know the frequency of the problem. KEY WORDS:End stage renal disease, maintenance haemodialysis, frequency, Left Ventricular diastolic dysfunction

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