Renal anemia and cardiac remodeling in patient with chronic glomerulonephritis

Abstract

AIM: To study the pattern of cardiac remodeling and its association with anemia in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN)/MATERIAL AND METHODS: Sixty patients aged 21 to 58 years (mean age 38.1±9.8 years) with the hypertensive form of CGN were examined. According to the presence of anemia, the patients were divided into 2 groups with 30 persons in each. All the patients underwent physical examination with verification of the diagnosis, estimation of the volume of red blood cells, and echocardiography/RESULTS: The patients with anemia as compared to those with CGN and without anemia were found to have a statistically significant increase in the left atrial size (3.6±0.6 cm versus 3.3±0.3 cm; p

Keywords

• chronic kidney disease
• anemia
• cardiovascular diseases
• left ventricular hypertrophy
• myocardial remodeling