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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nephrol. 2020 Sep 25;34(1):113–123. doi: 10.1007/s40620-020-00862-6

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Change in left ventricular systolic and diastolic function from baseline to peak intradialytic stress with UF profiling vs. conventional UF.

Comparison of change in left ventricular GLS (%) and E/e’ from baseline to peak intradialytic stress with hemodialysis with UF profiling compared to hemodialysis with conventional UF. A greater positive change from 0 for left ventricular GLS indicates greater left ventricular systolic function impairment with dialysis. A greater positive change from 0 for E/e’ indicates greater left ventricular diastolic function impairment with dialysis. Baseline TTEs were performed on a non-dialysis day. Intradialytic TTEs were performed 30 minutes before the end of hemodialysis during a hemodialysis treatment following the 72-hour break.

Abbreviations: E/e’, early mitral inflow velocity/mitral annular early diastolic velocity; GLS, global longitudinal strain; LV, left ventricular; UF, ultrafiltration.