Comparison of pathological electrocardiographic changes between long-term kidney transplant recipients and hemodialysis patients

Aims: We aimed to reveal electrocardiographic changes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) compared with hemodialysis patients. Methods: We included 70 KTRs who had underwent a kidney transplantation for more than one year and 84 patients who had been on hemodialysis for more than one year. We recorded age, sex, body-mass index (BMI) (kg/m2), primary disease (makes chronic kidney disease) and duration of hemodialysis treatment. Standard measurements such as heart rate (HR), P wave, PR interval, P axis, QRS complex, QRS axis, T axis, QT interval and QTc interval were performed for all electrocardiography (ECG). Results: KTRs were younger than the hemodialysis patients group (HPG) (31.5 vs. 54.5, p