Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients Combined with Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis

Table 3

Comparison of echocardiographic results before and after PHD.

	Before PHD	After PHD
Aortic diameter (mm)	33.86 ± 4.91	33.76 ± 4.92	0.083
Left ventricular systolic diameter (mm)	34.11 ± 6.12	32.41 ± 5.15	0.002
Left posterior ventricular wall thickness (mm)	11.43 ± 2.61	10.68 ± 2.12	<0.001
Interventricular septal thickness (mm)	11.61 ± 2.29	10.88 ± 2.10	<0.001
LV end diastolic diameter (mm)	53.22 ± 0.61	46.83 ± 0.59	<0.001
Left ventricular mass index (g/m^2)	173.8 ± 86.2	160.6 ± 78.5	<0.001
Left ventricular hypertrophy, n (%)	27 (76.4%)	21 (61.8%)	0.013
Pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg)	38.0 ± 6.55	37.8 ± 6.57	0.07
Ejection fraction (%)	61.91 ± 7.74	62.33 ± 7.79	0.32