A single session of haemodialysis improves left ventricular synchronicity in patients with end-stage renal disease: a pilot tissue synchronization imaging study

Abstract

LV dyssynchrony appears to be present frequently in ESRD patients with LVH. The severity of LV dyssynchrony correlates with LV end-diastolic diameter and decreases after a single session of HD suggesting a mechanistic relevance of volume overload and possibly other toxins accumulating in HD patients.