Is there relationship between epicardial fat and cardiovascular parameters in incident kidney transplant patients? A post-hoc analysis.
Daniel Constantino YazbekAluizio Barbosa CarvalhoCinara Sa BarrosJose Osmar Medina PestanaCarlos Eduardo RochitteRaul Dias Dos Santos FilhoMaria Eugênia Fernandes CanzianiPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The impact of EF gain on ventricular mass after KTX could not be definitely confirmed. Further prospective studies in a large sample of KTX patients should be considered to address a possible causal relationship between EF gain and cardiac hypertrophy in this population.