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Acute right heart failure caused by tacrolimus after renal transplantation: Serial observation by speckle tracking and Doppler echocardiography
Author(s) -
Igata Sachiyo,
Wettersten Nicholas,
Wong Darrin J.,
Sabet Amin,
DeMaria Anthony N.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13716
Subject(s) - tacrolimus , medicine , cardiology , doppler echocardiography , heart failure , regurgitation (circulation) , transplantation , heart transplantation , right heart failure , blood pressure , diastole
Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressive agent well known to be capable of producing renal impairment. Acute renal failure with right heart failure caused by tacrolimus is rarely described. We report the findings of one such case in which tacrolimus caused acute renal failure with severe tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular failure documented by echocardiography.