Yip, Anthony2014-02-102014-02-102014-02-10http://hdl.handle.net10539/13711Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of the Master of Science in Medicine, Johannesburg, 2013Cardiac disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Accurate evaluation of cardiac function is therefore important but difficult with commonly used imaging modalities such as echocardiography being subject to variable load changes in haemodialysis.enEchocardiographyHemodialysisHeart DiseasesThesis