Early echocardiographic changes and survival following renal transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-98

  McGregor, Ellon ^a   Stewart, Graham ^b   Rodger, R Stuart C ^b   Jardine, Alan G ^b,c  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Renal transplantation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; END DIASTOLIC DIAMETER; END SYSTOLIC DIAMETER; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0033973333     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.1.93     Document Type: Article

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