The changes in cardiac dimensions and function in patients with end stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis.

Background: It is absolutely necessary to evaluate cardiac function on starting and during hemodialysis in patients with end stage renal disease. In this study, we tried to determinate the changes of cardiac function associated with hemodialysis.

Methods: Twenty patients with end stage renal disease, who had been in a hemodialysis program from February, 1997 to August, 1999 in Pusan National University Hospital, were enrolled.