Objective: To investigate the risk factors of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients.
Method: We retrospectively collected data from 363 hemodialysis patients who were on dialysis for at least 3 months at January 1, 2020. According to the echocardiogram results, these patients were divided into left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) group and non-LVDD group. The differences in basic data, cardiac structure and functiona between the two groups were analyzed. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors of cardiac diastolic dysfunction in MHD patients.
Results: Compared with the non-LVDD group, patients in the LVDD group were older, with an increased proportion of coronary heart disease, more prone to chest tightness, shortness of breath. Simultaneously, they had a significantly increased (p < 0.05) proportion of cardiac structural abnormalities such as left ventricular hypertrophy, left heart enlargement and systolic dysfunction. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk of LVDD was significantly increased in elderly MHD patients older than 60 years (OR = 3.86, 95%CI 1.429-10.429), and left ventricular hypertrophy was also significantly associated with LVDD (OR = 2.227, 95% CI 1.383-3.586).
Conclusion: According to research, both age and left ventricular hypertrophy are risk factors for LVDD in MHD patients. It is recommended that early intervention for LVDD should be implemented to improve the quality of dialysis and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events in MHD patients.
Keywords: Cardiac structure; Echocardiography; Hemodialysis; Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.
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