Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) in different Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients and its Correlation with Anaemia
Background : Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health problem that increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and diastolic dysfunction is a common cardiovascular complication of CKD. Anaemia is present in both dialysis & non dialysis CKD patients. Anaemia causes left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) which in turn leads to increases morbidity and mortality in CKD, even before progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) to end stage renal disease (ESRD). Our study is aimed at to evaluate the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and its correlation with anaemia in hospitalized CKD patients.