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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2006 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 107-110
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.107.110
Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients
M.D. Hamid Nasri, M.D. Shahin Shirani and M.D. Azar Baradaran

Abstract: To consider the prevalence of pulmonary artery pressure in End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients, a study was conducted on maintenance of hemodialysis patients and a group of normal subjects. For assessment of pulmonary artery pressure all participants were subjected to two-dimensional and doppler echocardiographic studies that for patients were done after their hemodialysis session. In this study a significant difference of Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure (PASP) between patients and normal subjects with more values in hemodialysis patients was seen. A significant positive correlation of pulmonary artery pressure with age of control group and also significant positive correlation of pulmonary artery pressure with age of hemodialysis group were found. A significant positive correlation of PASP with duration and dosages of hemodialysis treatment were seen too. A high prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in hemodialysis needs more attention to this aspect of hemodialysis patients because pulmonary hypertension is a disease with poor prognosis.

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M.D. Hamid Nasri, M.D. Shahin Shirani and M.D. Azar Baradaran, 2006. Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 9: 107-110.

Keywords: Pulmonary hypertension, hemodialysis, parathormone and pulmonary artery pressure

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