The prognostic value of speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with end stage renal disease on dialysis.
Vicky KakiouziDimitrios TsartsalisConstantina AggeliYannis DimitroglouGeorgios LatsiosEleftherios TsiamisPanagiota GiannouMaria KarampelaDimitrios PetrasCharalambos VlachopoulosDimitrios TousoulisCostas TsioufisPublished in: The international journal of cardiovascular imaging (2022)
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is an important prognostic factor in patients with advanced CKD on long-term dialysis, without known CAD. The novel echocardiographic parameters such as LA strain could add valuable information to the overall cardiac evaluation of this specific population.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left atrial
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- mitral valve
- heart failure
- aortic stenosis
- coronary artery disease
- oxidative stress
- health information
- healthcare
- computed tomography