Summary: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The annual cardiovascular mortality rate in these patients is 9%, with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, ischemic heart disease and heart failure being the most prevalent causes of death. The aim of this study was to determine the cardiovascular mortality rate and estimate the influence of risk factors on cardiovascular mortality in HD patients. A total of 115 pa tients undergoing HD for at least 6 months were inves ti gated. Initially a cross-sectional study was performed, follo wed by a two-year follow-up study. Beside the standard bio chemical parameters, C-reactive protein (CRP), homo cysteine, cardiac troponins (cTn) and the echocardiographic parameters of LV morphology and function (LV mass index, LV fractional shortening, LV ejection fraction) were deter mined. Results were analyzed using Cox regression analysis, Kaplan-Meier and Log-Rank tests. The average one-year cardiovascular mortality rate was 8.51%. Multivariate Cox regression analysis identified increased CRP, cTn T and I, and LV mass index as independent risk factors for cardiovascular mortality. Patients with cTnT > 0.10 ng/mL and CRP > 10 mg/L had significantly higher cardio vas cular mortality risk (p < 0.01) than patients with cTnT > 0.10 ng/mL and CRP ≤ 10 mg/L and those with cTnT ≤ 0.10 ng/mL and CRP ≤ 10 mg/L (p < 0.01). HD pa tients with high cTnT and CRP have a higher cardiovascular mor tality risk.Keywords: C-reactive protein, cardiovascular mortality, hemodialysis, risk factors, troponin T Kratak sadr`aj: Kardiovaskularne bolesti su vode}i uzrok smrti bolesnika koji se le~e hemodijalizom. Jednogodi{nja stopa kardiovaskularnog mortaliteta iznosi 9%, a od kardiovaskularnih bolesti najve}u prevalenciju imaju hipertrofija leve komore, ishemijska bolest srca i sr~ana slabost. Cilj rada je bio da se utvrdi stopa kardiovaskularnog mortaliteta i da se ispita uticaj faktora rizika na razvoj kardiovas kularnog mor taliteta kod bolesnika na hemodijalizi. Ispitano je 115 bolesnika koji se le~e hemodijalizom du`e od {est meseci. Prvo je obavljena studija preseka, a zatim pra}enje bolesnika u dvogodi{njem vremenskom periodu. Parametri ispitivanja obuhvatili su koncentraciju C-reaktivnog proteina, homoci steina, sr~anog troponina T i I, kao i ehokardio grafske pa ra metre morfologije i funkcije leve komore. Za statisti~ku analizu dobijenih podataka kori{}eni su Co xova regresiona analiza, Kaplan-Meierov test i Log-Ran kov test. Utvr|eno je da prose~na jednogodi{nja stopa kardiovaskularnog mor taliteta iznosi 8,51%. Multi vari jantna Co xo va regre siona analiza je po kazala da su pove}ana koncentracija C-reaktivnog prote ina, sr~anog troponina T i I, i pove}an indeks mase leve komore nezavisni faktori rizika za na stanak kardio vasku larnog mortaliteta. Bolesnici kod kojih je koncentracija sr~a nog troponina T -cTnT > 0,10 ng/mL i koncentracija CRP > 10 mg/L imaju statisti~ki veoma zna ~ajno (p < 0,01) ve}i rizik od kardiovaskularnog mortaliteta u odnosu n...