Goldfarb-Rumyantzev AS, Chelamcharla M, Bray BE, Leypoldt JK, Lavasani I, Nelson N, Lavasani T, Baird B, Cheung AK. Volume indicators and left ventricular mass during aggressive volume management in patients on thrice-weekly hemodialysis.
Nephron Clin Pract 2009;
113:c270-80. [PMID:
19684412 DOI:
10.1159/000235252]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
We examined the relationship between various volume indicators, i.e. multifrequency bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA), predialysis serum N-terminus-pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT[-]pro[-]BNP) levels, and inferior vena cava diameter, and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) at baseline and with rigorous volume management on thrice-weekly hemodialysis.
METHODS
Twenty-two patients on chronic thrice-weekly hemodialysis were followed for 52 weeks. Left ventricular hypertrophy was present in 100% of the cohort at baseline.
RESULTS
There were no significant correlations among volume indicators except for a correlation between extracellular-volume-to-body-mass ratio and collapsibility index (r = 0.476; p = 0.039) at 6 months. There were no correlations between blood pressure and volume indicators. Baseline (but not follow-up) collapsibility index correlated with LVMI (r = 0.506; p = 0.038). In 'lag-time' analyses, there were no correlations between volume indicators at baseline or 6 months and LVMI at subsequent time points. LVMI decreased from 243.6 +/- 83.3 g/m(2) at baseline to 210.6 +/- 62.9 g/m(2) at 6 months (p = 0.104) and further to 203.2 +/- 49.0 g/m(2) at 12 months (p = 0.035).
CONCLUSIONS
(1) Left ventricular hypertrophy was prevalent in hemodialysis patients; (2) BIA, inferior vena cava ultrasound and serum NT-pro-BNP levels yield discordant results for fluid volumes; (3) regression of LVMI could occur with rigorous fluid management, even with thrice-weekly dialysis.
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