ArticleJournal of cardiovascular imaging2023
Changes in Cardiac Structure and Function After Kidney Transplantation: A New Perspective Based on Strain Imaging.
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- Reversal of Uraemic Cardiomyopathy following Kidney Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Myocardial Strain Compared to Left Ventricular Volumetry as a Potential Early Marker.Kidney & blood pressure research · 2026Pooled it
- Cardiorespiratory fitness and left ventricular recovery after kidney transplantation: evidence, gaps, and future directions.Renal failure · 2026Review
- Cardiac adaptation in pediatric kidney transplant recipients with large donor-recipient size discrepancy: a speckle-tracking echocardiography study.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- IL-6 Versus TNF-α as Predictors of Echocardiographic Cardiac Remodeling in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Left heart function and strain for predicting change in hemoglobin levels in pediatric kidney transplantation recipients.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Identification of Novel Independent Correlations between Cellular Components of the Immune System and Strain-Related Indices of Myocardial Dysfunction in CKD Patients and Kidney Transplant Recipients without Established Cardiovascular Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy After Renal Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Transplantation direct · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the effect of kidney transplantation on left ventricular myocardial work by noninvasive pressure-strain loops.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Strain Measurement for Assessment of Treatment Response: One Step Closer to Routine Clinical Practice.Journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to investigate left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) in end-stage renal disease patients and its change after kidney transplantation (KT).
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent KT between 2007 and 2018 at two tertiary centers. We analyzed 488 patients (median age, 53 years; 58% male) who had obtained echocardiography both before and within 3 years after KT. Conventional echocardiography and LV GLS assessed by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography were comprehensively analyzed. Patients were classified into three groups according to the absolute value of pre-KT LV GLS (|LV GLS|). We compared longitudinal changes of cardiac structure and function according to pre-KT |LV GLS|.
resultsCorrelation between pre-KT LV EF and |LV GLS| were statistically significant, but the constant was not high (r = 0.292, p < 0.001). |LV GLS| was widely distributed at corresponding LV EF, especially when the LV EF was > 50%. Patients with severely impaired pre-KT |LV GLS| had significantly larger LV dimension, LV mass index, left atrial volume index, and E/e' and lower LV EF, compared to mildly and moderately reduced pre-KT |LV GLS|. After KT, the LV EF, LV mass index, and |LV GLS| were significantly improved in three groups. Patients with severely impaired pre-KT |LV GLS| showed the most prominent improvement of LV EF and |LV GLS| after KT, compared to other groups.
conclusionsImprovements in LV structure and function after KT were observed in patients throughout the full spectrum of pre-KT |LV GLS|.
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