Risk Factors of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Single Center Study.

Shankar Prasad NagarajuMohan V BhojarajaGanesh ParamasivamRavindra Attur PrabhuDharshan RangaswamyIndu Ramachandra RaoSrinivas Vinayak Shenoy

Published in: International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease (2021)

Hemodialysis patients have a high prevalence of PH. PH was significantly associated with the presence of mitral regurgitation on echocardiography. Our study did not find differences in traditional risk factors, HD-related factors, and inflammation/oxidative markers between the groups with and without PH.

Keyphrases

risk factors
end stage renal disease
pulmonary hypertension
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
newly diagnosed
oxidative stress
prognostic factors
pulmonary artery
computed tomography
pulmonary arterial hypertension