LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY

HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

Abstract

Cardiovascular system diseases are playing the outstanding role in the cause of
morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients. Left ventricular hypertrophy is one of the universal
structural abnormalities in patients on regular dialysis. Objective: The target of the study was
to search out the frequency of left ventricular hypertrophy in end stage renal disease patients
on maintenance hemodialysis. Study design: Single center case-series study. Setting:
Department of Nephro-Urology, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro.
Period: Begin from 1st March, 2013 to 30th August 2013. Results: Total numbers of patients
were seventy three. Thirty three patients were male and 40 were female. Mean age of the
patients was 44.19 years. High blood pressure was the most typical cause of nephropathy that
is as certain in twenty 9(39.7%) cases pursue by Diabetes and Chronic Glomerulonephritis in
twenty (27.4%) in each, renal stone in four (5.5%), unresolved acute renal failure four(5.5%)
and Chronic Tubulointerstitial nephritis in two(2.7%) patients. Left ventricular hypertrophy was
ascertained in nineteen (26%) patients. Conclusion: Our study concedes the high frequency of
left ventricular hypertrophy in dialysis patients.