Determinants of Left Ventricular Characteristics Assessed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiovascular Biomarkers Related to Kidney Transplantation.
G V Ramesh PrasadAndrew T YanMichelle M NashS Joseph KimRon WaldRachel WaldCharmaine LokLakshman GunaratnamGauri R KarurAnish KirpalaniPhilip W ConnellyPublished in: Canadian journal of kidney health and disease (2018)
The LVESVI and LVEDVI but not LVMI or LVEF improve post-KT. LVMI and LVEF change is independent of renal function and adiponectin. As adiponectin correlates with NT-proBNP post-KT, improved renal function through KT restores the normal heart-endocrine axis.
Keyphrases
- kidney transplantation
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance imaging
- metabolic syndrome
- heart failure
- insulin resistance
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- computed tomography
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- atrial fibrillation
- contrast enhanced
- left atrial
- skeletal muscle
- coronary artery disease
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- diffusion weighted imaging
- aortic valve