Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause
of morbidity and mortality in patients at the end stage of renal
disease. Left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary heart disease
and heart failure are the most prevalent cardiovascular
diseases in dialysis patients. The patients on chronic dialysis
have a 10 to 20-fold higher risk of development of cardiovascular
disease than the general population. The aim of this article
was to define the frequency of risk factors (traditional
and non-traditional) for cardiovascular diseases in dialysis
patients. The most frequent traditional factors in this study
were hypertension (62%) and hyperlipidemia (60%), while
anemia (86%) and hyperhomocysteinemia (82%) were the
most frequent non-traditional factors. To present the study
and repeat again that dialysis patients have high risk of development
of cardiovascular disease and this population
should be an ideal target group for primary prevention
