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Abstract
There is an intimate relation between disorders of the
heart and of the kidneys. Some of the principal 1 • • 1 C.L.lnlca_,_
manifestations of impairment of the heart’s performance as a
pump result from the renal retention of sodium and water; a
number of diseases of the heart such as infective
endocarditis and cardiogenic shock may result in serious
renal disease. Conversely chronic renal failure frequently
results in hypertension and lipid abnormalities, which often
lead to accelerated atherosclerosis so that coronary artery
disease is a common cause of death in patients being treated
for chronic renal insufficiency.
Also, uraemia may result in pericarditis and thereby
lead to cardiac tamponade or constrictive pericarditis. Renal
failure may also cause secondary calcification with a variety
of disturbance in cardiac function (Braunwald & Gottlieb, 1984).
During the last few years, non-invasive techniques such
as echocardiography, systolic time intervals and quantitative
radionucleotide angiography, are widely used in the assessment
of cardiac performance. The data obtained correlate well
Hi th measurements made at cardiac catheterization (Popp, 1977}.