Are we overestimating left ventricular abnormalities in end-stage renal disease?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1815-1819

  Mark, Patrick B ^a   Patel, Rajan K ^a   Jardine, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Dialysis; Echocardiography magnetic resonance imaging; End stage renal failure; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UREMIA;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UREMIA;

EID: 34547830284     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm224     Document Type: Note

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