OBJECTIVE
To see whether cardiac morphological and functional abnormalities in uraemic patients are determined by high blood pressure or if they are an expression of a specific cardiomyopathy.
DESIGN
Cross sectional study.
SETTING
City general hospital in Italy.
SUBJECTS
35 uraemic patients receiving haemodialysis (17 men, 18 women; mean age 60.3 (11.2); mean duration of dialysis 52 month...
