Subclinical cardiac dysfunction in pediatric kidney transplant recipients identified by speckle-tracking echocardiography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney transplantation (KTx) improves prognosis in children with kidney failure; still, these patients are prone to cardiovascular damage due to multiple risk factors. Our aim was to assess myocardial structure and function in pediatric KTx by conventional and speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) in association with established cardiovascular risk factors.

Methods

Forty-two KTx and 39 healthy age- and gender-matched children were evaluated. KTx recipients were further categorized according to the control of hypertension assessed by 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Subjects underwent pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurement, conventional echocardiography, and 2-dimensional STE. Left and right ventricular (LV, RV) global longitudinal strain (GLS), a

SUBMITTER: Barczi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395460 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature