Evaluation of cardiac function in the dialysis patient - A primer for the non-expert

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1474-1481

  Ie, Eric H Y ^a   Zietse, Robert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Haemodialysis; Hypervolaemia; Left ventricular function; Load dependence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33745970116     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl167     Document Type: Article

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