Multivalvular Heart Failure Improvement after Successful Kidney Transplantation

Chronic renal disease is responsible for various cardiac complications. After renal transplantation many of these complications improve. However the extent to which cardiac failure is reversible post transplant is not known. We report two cases of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and severe heart fail...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 2006-08, Vol.14 (4), p.e83-e85
Hauptverfasser: Asgari, Majid A, Dadkhah, Farid, Tara, Ahmad, Noshad, Hamid, Akhavizadegan, Hamed, Birashk, Gity
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Zusammenfassung:Chronic renal disease is responsible for various cardiac complications. After renal transplantation many of these complications improve. However the extent to which cardiac failure is reversible post transplant is not known. We report two cases of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and severe heart failure characterized by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 20%. Three months after kidney transplantation, the LVEF rose to more than 50%. Successful renal transplantation can significantly improve cardiac function compromised as a result of ESRD.
ISSN:0218-4923
1816-5370
DOI:10.1177/021849230601400428