Elevated Cardiac Troponin I following Asymptomatic Intradialytic Hypotension: A Pilot Study with a 2-Year Follow-Up

Table 2

Predialysis and postdialysis hemodynamic status.

	All patients (N = 70)	Non-IDH patients (N = 43)	IDH patients (N = 27)		value
			Negative cTnI (N = 21)	Positive cTnI (N = 6)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Predialysis, mean ± SD	133.4 ± 24.1	126.9 ± 21.2	144.1 ± 24.9	142.8 ± 28.3	0.014
Postdialysis, mean ± SD	119.0 ± 22.3	117.6 ± 20.2	122.9 ± 25.9	114.7 ± 24.8	0.6
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Predialysis, mean ± SD	78.4 ± 12.9	75.9 ± 11.6	82.3 ± 12.0	82.7 ± 21.2	0.12
Postdialysis, mean ± SD	74.9 ± 11.3	73.9 ± 9.7	76.4 ± 12.1	76.5 ± 19.6	0.667
Heart rate (bpm)
Predialysis, mean ± SD	78.8 ± 8.3	78.3 ± 5.8	79.1 ± 9.4	81.8 ± 17.3	0.611
Postdialysis, mean ± SD	82.7 ± 8.5	81.9 ± 5.7	83.4 ± 10.8	85.3 ± 15.7	0.597
ECG abnormalities	0	0	0	0

Bpm, beats per minute; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; ECG, electrocardiogram; HR, heart rate; IDH, intradialytic hypotension; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation.