Changes in right ventricular dimensions, function, and pulmonary circulation loading according to the degree of interdialytic weight gain in maintenance hemodialysis patients.

Vasileios AnastasiouMarieta P TheodorakopoulouVasileios KamperidisStylianos DaiosKonstantinos TsilonisMaria-Eleni AlexandrouDimitrios V MoysidisAfroditi BoutouGeorge GiannakoulasAntonios ZiakasPantelis Sarafidis

Published in: Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (2024)

During the 3-day interdialytic interval, pulmonary circulation is particularly overloaded in patients with fluid accumulation higher than the recommended thresholds, as evidenced by higher RVSP elevations.

Keyphrases

weight gain
pulmonary hypertension
body mass index
birth weight
weight loss
physical activity
gestational age