Original Article Assessment of cardiovascular risk in paediatric peritoneal dialysis patients: a Turkish Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group (TUPEPD) report

Methods. We aimed to clarify arteriosclerotic risk and to document possible relationships between cardiovascular risk factors and echocardiographic parameters in paediatric peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. M-mode/Doppler/tissue Doppler echocardiographic studies and lipid/lipoproteins, homocysteine, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (HS-CRP) levels and carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) were determined in 59 patients (age: 14.2 ± 4.5 years) and in 36 healthy subjects. Results. Structural and functional cardiac abnormalities were observed in patients on maintenance dialysis. In-creased left ventricular mass index (LVMI, P = 0.000), rel-ative wall thickness (P = 0.000), myocardial performance index (MPI, P = 0.000) were documented in the patients