Erschienen in:
18.03.2016 | Original Article
Oxidative stress and cardiac dysfunction in children with chronic renal failure on regular hemodialysis
verfasst von:
Mohammed Al-Biltagi, Osama A. Tolba, Maher Ahmed Abd ElHafez, Ahmed Abd ElBasset Abo-Elezz, Eman Kamel EL Kady, Sahar Mohey El-din Hazza
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 8/2016
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Abstract
Objective
The objective of this study was to evaluate cardiac function in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on regular hemodialysis using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and correlate results with plasma glutathione level as a marker of oxidative stress.
Methods
The study involved 30 children with ESRD and 30 healthy controls. The plasma glutathione and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured, and cardiac function was evaluated using conventional echocardiography and STE.
Results
Plasma glutathione levels were significantly lower and CRP significantly higher in patients than in controls. Children with ESRD had significant systolic and diastolic cardiac dysfunctions detected by STE compared with controls. Conventional echocardiography failed to detect these dysfunctions. There was significant increase in left-ventricular relative wall thickness (LV-RWT) in patients, especially those with hypertension, compared with the control group. There was also significant impairment of LV and right-ventricular (RV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) and torsion; however, LV-GLS was significantly better in hypertensive than in normotensive patients. The degree of impairment in GLS and cardiac torsion negatively correlated with plasma glutathione levels.
Conclusion
Significant oxidative stress was present in children with ESRD and was correlated with the degree of cardiac dysfunction detected early using the new cardiac imaging modality, STE.