Clinical Study

Pulmonary Hypertension in Dialysis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Italian Study

Table 1

Data describing the 56 patients in whom pulmonary artery pressure was evaluated.

Age (year)60 ± 13
Dialysis vintage (months)40 ± 48
Dry weight (kg)68,5 ± 15
Interdialytic weight gain (kg)1,6 ± 1
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)132 ± 20
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)77 ± 11
Calcium (mg/dl)9 ± 1
Phosphate (mg/dl)5 ± 1
Calcium-phosphate product (mg2/dl2)48 ± 15
PTH (pg/ml)344 ± 340
Haemoglobin (gr/dl)11,3 ± 1,4
Haematocrit (%)35 ± 5
Erythropoietin (IU/week)7243 ± 8752
Left ventricular Diastolic Volume (ml)116 ± 33
Ejection Fraction (%)58 ± 10
PAP (mmHg)33 ± 8