Table 2.

M-mode and 2-dimentional echocardiographic indices

^*p≤0.001 versus chronic renal failure, ^†p<0.0001 versus control. LVID: left ventricular internal dimension, IVS: interventricular septum, PW: posterior wall, LV: left ventricle, RWT: relative wall thickness, LA: left atrium, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, FS: fractional shortening