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Myocardial remodeling after kidney transplantation: a case report.

Marceli LukaszewskiKinga KosiorowskaDorota KaminskaMarta ObremskaOktawia MazanowskaMagdalena Krajewska
Published in: BMC nephrology (2018)
Kidney transplantation in patients with lupus suffering from heart failure requires the involvement of a team of specialists. Patients with extremely low ejection fraction in the perioperative period should undergo careful hemodynamic supervision in the intensive care unit. Cardioprotective and thus nephroprotective Levosimendan therapy together with optimal fluid and hemodynamic therapy in the peri-transplant period may be a bridge for heart remodeling after kidney transplantation.
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