Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy in Patients on Long-Term Hemodialysis
Autor: | Abdul S. Abbasi, Marty W. Allen, James C. Slaughter |
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Rok vydání: | 1978 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors medicine.medical_treatment ASYMMETRIC SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY Diastole Concentric hypertrophy Cardiomegaly Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Left ventricular hypertrophy Diagnosis Differential Renal Dialysis Internal medicine Mitral valve Heart Septum medicine Humans In patient cardiovascular diseases business.industry Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography Hypertension Cardiology Female Hemodialysis Cardiomyopathies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Chest. 74:548-551 |
ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
DOI: | 10.1378/chest.74.5.548 |
Popis: | Echocardiographic studies were performed in 23 hypertensive patients who were receiving therapy with long-term hemodialysis. Five patients (22 percent) had normal thickness of the left ventricular wall. Eleven (48 percent) had symmetric left ventricular hypertrophy, and seven (30 percent) showed asymmetric septal hypertrophy, with a ratio of septal to posterior wall thickness of 1.3 or greater. The latter group differed from patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in that patients on long-term hemodialysis had a dilated left ventricular dimension, a relatively normal diastolic slope of the mitral valve, absence of systolic motion of the mitral valve, and a septal to posterior wall ratio of less than 1.5. A high incidence of asymmetric septal hypertrophy in this and other studies indicates that this condition is not specific for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We suggest that in addition to asymmetric septal hypertrophy, the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should be made in the light of the clinical picture, as well as other echocardiographic features. |
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