Left ventricular hypertrophy in pediatric patients on maintenance dialysis: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS).

LVH is prevalent in pediatric patients at dialysis initiation and remains prevalent during follow-up. Hypertension is the strongest risk factor for LVH in children on maintenance dialysis. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.