Jacob Christensen, Nino Emanuel Landler, Flemming Javier Olsen, Ida Maria Hjelm Sørensen, Sasha Saurbrey Bjergfelt, Ellen Linnea Freese Ballegaard, Bo Feldt-Rasmussen, Ditte Hansen, Anne-Lise Kamper, Christina Christoffersen, Susanne Bro, Tor Biering-Sørensen
PURPOSE: We investigated the associations between cardiac parameters and aetiologies of CKD in an exploratory study. METHODS: The study population consisted of 883 participants, 174 controls and 709 patients with aetiologies of CKD including diabetic nephropathy/renovascular KD in diabetes mellitus, hypertensive/renovascular nephropathy, tubulointerstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis/vasculitis, polycystic KD (PKD), and CKD of unknown origin. Echocardiographic measures included left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, global longitudinal, area, and radial strain, E/e' ratio, and LV mass index...
April 30, 2024: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging