The Impact of Conventional Hemodialysis and Renal Transplantation on the Global Longitudinal Strain of the Left Ventricle

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Fibrosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05685823

EchoESRD

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate a group of patients with chronic kidney disease in stages 3-5 by conventional 2D echocardiography, tissue Doppler techniques and speckle tracking - LV GLS and determine the correlation of ultrasound parameters with mortality. Additionally, fibrosis-related biomarkers will be studied in this population.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• eGFR < 15 ml/min/1.73m2 (CKD - EPI)
• NYHA class I-II
• Hemodynamic stability

Exclusion criteria

• age < 18 years old
• poor acoustic window
• atrial fibrillation
• recent Acute Myocardial Infarction
• pacemaker