OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of dialysis procedures on cardiac diastolic function. DESIGN: Comparative, nonrandomized matched pair study. SETTING: Nephrology and cardiology departments at a university hospital. @entity1 : Thirty-four @entity1 on hemodialysis (HD) (n = 17) and @entity298 ( @entity298 ) (n = 17), matched by sex, age, duration of dialysis treatment, and presence/absence of @entity6 . MEASUREMENTS: Cardiac function was estimated by means of M-mode, two-dimensional, and spectral Doppler echocardiography, and results were statistically evaluated by means of univariate and multivariate analytical procedures. RESULTS: Although not statistically significant, trends towards differences between the two @entity1 groups were detected for left ventricular mass (p = 0.083) and parameters of diastolic function (p = 0.079). These differences in left ventricular performance and diastolic function between HD and @entity298 @entity1 were also evident when calculating Spearman rank correlation coefficients. Left ventricular mass and diastolic function were closely correlated to each other in all dialysis @entity1 . Moreover, by means of a multivariate analytical procedure (Hotelling T-square test), diversities in diastolic function between the two @entity1 groups could be clearly established (p = 0.037), with more impaired diastolic function in HD @entity1 . In addition, cardiac performance was shown to depend to a certain extent on hemoglobin concentration. CONCLUSION: Clear differences in diastolic function and cardiac performance were evident between @entity298 and HD @entity1 . From the data of our pilot study, it may be speculated whether decrease of left ventricular mass could be beneficial for the improvement of diastolic function and cardiac hemodynamics in dialysis @entity1 .

Divergent effects of hemodialysis and XXXX on cardiac diastolic function.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity298 :: ('MESH:D010538', 'Disease') :: ['continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis', 'CAPD'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes']
@entity298 :: (MESH:D010538,Disease) :: ['continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis']
