Get to the heart of pediatric kidney transplant recipients: Evaluation of left- and right ventricular mechanics by three-dimensional echocardiography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney transplantation (KTX) markedly improves prognosis in pediatric patients with end-stage kidney failure. Still, these patients have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease due to multiple risk factors. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography allows detailed assessment of the heart and may unveil distinct functional and morphological changes in this patient population that would be undetectable by conventional methods. Accordingly, our aim was to examine left- (LV) and right ventricular (RV) morphology and mechanics in pediatric KTX patients using 3D echocardiography.

Materials and methods

Pediatric KTX recipients (n = 74) with median age 20 (14-26) years at study enrollment (43% female), were compared to 74 age and gender-matched control

SUBMITTER: Ladanyi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10063872 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature