ArticleCardiovascular ultrasound2020
Effect of kidney transplantation on right ventricular function, assessment by 2- dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.
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- Transient decline and early recovery of noninvasive myocardial work after kidney transplantation: a prospective study.Renal failure · 2025Article
- Left heart function and strain for predicting change in hemoglobin levels in pediatric kidney transplantation recipients.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Improvement in right heart function following kidney transplantation in esrd patients: insights from speckle tracking echocardiography analysis.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2024Article
- Factors associated with changes in echocardiographic parameters following kidney transplantation.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2024Article
- Get to the heart of pediatric kidney transplant recipients: Evaluation of left- and right ventricular mechanics by three-dimensional echocardiography.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdvanced chronic kidney disease often results in adverse cardiovascular outcomes and is the leading cause of mortality in patients with end stage renal diseases (ESRD). There is much information about the effect of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) on the left ventricle (LV) chamber, but the right ventricle (RV) as a neglected chamber had not been evaluated precisely, in spite of its importance.
objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of successful kidney transplants on the RV systolic and diastolic function using the advanced method of 2D speckle tracking echocardiography and comparison with the conventional methods.
methodThe study included 48 patients with CKD who were eligible for kidney transplantation and underwent successful kidney transplantations. Right ventricular indices were evaluated, while RV function was focused by conventional methods and 2D speckle tracking echocardiography before the successful kidney transplant and 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months after the successful kidney transplant.
resultsThe results of the study showed that RV global longitudinal strain and RV free wall longitudinal strain improved over the time (P = 0.024, P < 0.001 respectively). It also represented that kidney transplantation did not have significant effect on the RV mid cavity diameter, tissue velocity, Myocardial performance index, RV longitudinal diameter, and Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion indices, but for other indices this effect was significant. On the differences between the mean slope of regression line of the GLS variable in hypertensive subjects (1.0 ± 0.2) and non-hypertensive subjects (0.36 ± 0.32), an independent t-test showed that between the two groups in terms of the improvement of RVGLS, there was a significant statistical difference (P = 0.0067).
conclusionMost of the ESRD patients had subtle RV dysfunction which could be better detected by recent echocardiography methods than conventional methods. Moreover, kidney transplantation led to considerable improvements in RV function in this population.
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