Connection between Cardiac Fibrosis Biomarkers and Echocardiography Parameters in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.

Carina Ureche Gianina DodiAlexandra CovicAlina NedelcuSimona R VolovățRadu A SascăuCristian Stătescu Adrian C Covic

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)

Our study evidenced that PICP, a collagen-derived biomarker, is associated with important echocardiography parameters, suggesting that it can serve as an indicator of the presence of subclinical systolic and diastolic dysfunction in patients with advanced CKD.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
blood pressure
heart failure
peritoneal dialysis
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
liver fibrosis