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Impaired coronary microcirculation is associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in end-stage chronic kidney disease patients.

Nikos PapamichailAris BechlioulisLampros LakkasMara BougiakliSophia GiannitsiChariklia GouvaKostas KatopodisLampros K MichalisKaterina K Naka
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)
In end-stage CKD patients on hemodialysis without known cardiovascular disease, impaired coronary vascular function was prevalent and related to increased left ventricular wall thickness, increased filling pressures, and dipyridamole-induced deteriorated myocardial function independently of the presence of wall-motion abnormalities. Further studies are required to clarify the prognostic role of dipyridamole-induced cardiac changes in hemodialysis patients.
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