Pulmonary hypertension among maintenance hemodialysis patients in Somalia: a hospital-based observational study.

Gökhan Alıcı Mohamud Mire Waberi Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamud Ahmed Muhammad Bashir Ömer Genç

Published in: The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (2022)

Pulmonary hypertension has a relatively high prevalence in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on regular HD. Besides, the presence of PE and certain right and left heart parameters were independently associated with PHT.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
heart failure
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed