الفهرس 
Pulmonary hypertension
Prevalence and risk factorsOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension is a hemodynamic and
pathophysiological state found in a range of clinical
conditions and is characterized by increase in mean
pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP >35 mmHg).
The purpose of the study was to study pulmonary
artery pressure among patients with chronic renal
failure.
The study was a prospective study including 30 cases
admitted to Ain Shams university hospital with end
stage renal disease.
All patients were subjected to Transthoracic Doppler
Echocardiography for assessment of pulmonary
artery pressure (PAP).
In the present study Among 30 patients with chronic
renal failure 16 patients had pulmonary hypertension
while 14 had normal RVSP with mean pulmonary
arterial systolic pressure (PASP) was 41±12.4 mmHg
with range from 20 to 75 mmhg
There was significant correlation between sex and
pulmonary hypertension that is more common in
males than females while no significant correlation
between age and RVSP among studied population.
There was no significant correlation between anemia
and RVSP among studied population.There was significant correlation between HTN and
RVSP, and no significant correlation between DM
and RVSP among studied population.
The current study showed significant correlation
between duration of dialysis and pulmonary
hypertension.
There was highly significant correlation between
dialysis shunt and pulmonary hypertension.
from the present study it was concluded that:
This study demonstrated a high prevalence of
pulmonary hypertension among patients with ESRD on
regular hemodialysis, especially in males, longer duration
of dialysis treatment, systemic hypertension, AV fistula..