The impact of left ventricular preload reduction on cardiac pulsed Doppler indices during hemodialysis and its relation to intra-dialysis hypotension: a pulsed Doppler study.

Fluid status in the body plays an important role on left ventricular (LV) filling in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on regular hemodialysis (HD), and plays a role in intra-dialysis hemo-dynamic derangement. Fifty-two patients with ESRD on regular HD, including 34 males with a mean age of 45.5 +/- 13 years (range 18-72 years), were studied.