Abstract
40 children with CRF on conservative treatment /CT/, on haemodialysis /HD/ or after renal transplantation /RT/ underwent repeated cardiologic investigations by chest x-ray, EGG, PCG, physical working capacity /PWC-170/ and echocardiography. In CRF PWC-170 was lower than in controls /C//mean percentile Pc 18 vs. 60, p < 0.01/. In patients on CT, PWC-170 was negatively related to the degree of CRF. A correlation was also found between PCW-170 and renal anaemia. After starting HD, PWC-170 failed to rise significantly /mean Pc 22/ whereas after RT it increased /mean Pc 35/. By echocardiography the left ventricular relative cross-sectional area difference was 56, 4 % in children with CRF compared to 60, 8 % in C /p < 0.05/. The relative velocity of contraction was 0.74 in CRF vs. 1,00 in C /p < 0.05/. It is proposed to follow children with CRF by early and repetitive cardiologic examinations with the non-invasive techniques described.
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Ulmer, H., Knapp, W. & Schärer, K. EXERCISE TESTS AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE /CRF/. Pediatr Res 9, 855 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197511000-00020
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