3.2 Traditional Echocardiographic Parameters
Of the ESRD patients on HD, 8 had mild to moderate mitral regurgitation,
12 had small pericardial effusion. Echocardiography revealed no
abnormality of congenital cardiac structure. LVEDd and LV wall thickness
were observed to be higher in the ESRD group while LAEF (63.41±4.97 vs
67.47±3.96; p<0.001) was lower than the heathy control, but
still within in the normal range. There was a relationship between
conventional echocardiography and LV diastolic filling pressure. On the
one hand, mitral late diastolic flow velocity (A), E/e’ ratio, ePCWP,
and PASP values were found to be higher in the ESRD group. On the other
hand, the E/A ratio, mitral annulus early diastolic velocities were
found to be lower in the ESRD group. In addition, no difference was
observed in terms of peak E and IVC values between the groups. The
results of the conventional echocardiographic parameters in both groups
are presented in Table 2.