Left ventricular hypertrophy in children and adolescents before and after kidney transplantation
Author(s) -
Gabriel Kolvek,
Ľudmila Podracká
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2022_040
Subject(s) - left ventricular hypertrophy , medicine , cardiology , kidney disease , dialysis , nephrology , transplantation , muscle hypertrophy , kidney transplantation , mass index , body mass index , blood pressure
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is associated with a premature death in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We studied its change over time, related to a successful kidney transplantation (KTx) and assessed whether clinical variables were associated with the left ventricular mass index (LVMI).
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