Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

220 subjects including healthy controls (n=100) and patients with end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis (n=26), hemodialysis with radial arteriovenous fistula (n=62), and hemodialysis with brachial arteriovenous fistula (n=32).

Hemodialysis (with radial or brachial arteriovenous fistula)

Peritoneal dialysis and healthy controls

Right ventricular dysfunction assessed by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) myocardial performance index and pulmonary pressure valuessurrogate