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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of the present study is to determine the prevalence and predictors of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease. Thirty-four patients were included. In addition to hematological and biochemical evaluations, echocardiography and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were performed both at the beginning and at the end of the first year. Echocardiographic left ventricular mass was calculated and indexed to body surface area to calculate left ventricular mass index (LVMI). Left ventricular hypertrophy was diagnosed if LVMI >131 g/m(2) in male and >100 g/m(2) in female patients. During the follow-up period, estimated glomerular filtration rate decreased from 36.6+/-11.7 to 31.0+/-14.0 mL/min (p = 0.03), while LVMI increased from 130.2+/-35.6 to 140.5+/-30.5 g/m(2) (p = 0.055). Left ventricular hypertrophy was detected in 67.6% of the patients at the baseline and in 89.7% at the end of the study (p = 0.011). The independent predictors of the final LVMI were age (p = 0.035), baseline day-time systolic blood pressure (p = 0.01), baseline C-reactive protein (p = 0.001), and the decrease in glomerular filtration rate during the follow-up (p = 0.002). Left ventricular hypertrophy is quite frequent among patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease, and its prevalence increases while glomerular filtration rate decreases during the follow-up. The early detection of left ventricular hypertrophy and both prevention of the deterioration of renal function and aggressive blood pressure control may help to achieve a decrease in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in these patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0886-022X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-C-Reactive Protein, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Glomerular Filtration Rate, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17497444-Turkey
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Predictors of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with chronic kidney disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nephrology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article