Echocardiographic Findings in Hemodialysis Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Objective: To find out the echo abnormalities in a south Asian cohort on maintenance hemodialysis in a tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Abbottabad, from Feb 2022 to Apr 2022. Methodology: 57 adult patients on maintenance hemodialysis had a non-contrast transthoracic echocardiographic study recording parameters of left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic function. Results: We had 57 patients. 71.9% (n=41) were male, and females 28.1% (n=16), diabetics 47.4 % (n=27), hypertensives 84.2%(n=48), smoking 28.1% (n=16); 15.8%(n=9) had some form of ischemic heart disease. Left ventricular hypertrophy was noted in 78.9% (n=45) of the entire patient population. 84% (n=48) of hypertensive patients had LVH. Overall, 82% (n=47) of hypertensive patients had some degree of diastolic dysfunction compared to non-hypertensive patients (p