Lung Ultrasound B-lines Occurrence in Relation to Left Ventricular Function and Hydration Status in Hemodialysis Patients.
Agnieszka PardałaMariusz LupaJerzy ChudekAureliusz KolonkoPublished in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) (2019)
The number of LCs appears to reflect both overhydration and left ventricular dysfunction in our HD patients cohort. Therefore, heart failure must be considered as an important factor limiting the usefulness of LCs number assessment in this population.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- aortic stenosis
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- newly diagnosed
- acute myocardial infarction
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic kidney disease
- mitral valve
- risk assessment
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- left atrial
- peritoneal dialysis
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography