Prevalence of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Stage IV and Stage V Chronic Kidney Disease

Dr. S. Rajesh, Dr. Kannan Radhakrishnan, Dr. Raghothaman Sethumadhavan, Dr. Suresh Kumar Ponnuswamy

Abstract: It is well known that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality predominantly due to cardiovascular complications. Recent literature report pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a common accompaniment of CKD and in majority of these cases, secondary cases of PH are not evident. In this study, we looked at the prevalence and possible risk factors of PH of stage 4 and stage 5 CKD patients with special focus on unexplained PH.

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiovascular Complications, Stage 4 and 5 CKD, Unexplained PH