Although cardiac evaluation before kidney transplantation commonly focuses on coronary
artery disease, a comprehensive pretransplant cardiac evaluation must consider other …

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease are at a high risk of cardiovascular events.
Patients with end-stage renal disease have a particularly high morbidity and mortality, in part …

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death and morbidity in kidney transplant
recipients and a common reason for post-transplant hospitalization. Several traditional and …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a recently recognized complication of chronic kidney
disease (CKD), especially in end-stage renal disease. It has prevalence estimates of 30 …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) with unclear multifactorial mechanisms or group 5 PH is an
important category in the Dana Point classification scheme (Box 1). 1 Although often …

Surgically created arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) for hemodialysis can contribute to
hemodynamic changes. We describe the cases of 2 male patients in whom new right …

CONCLUSIONS: Among hemodialysis patients, pulmonary hypertension is extraordinary
common and is significantly associated with RVD. The poor control of systolic blood …

Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious cardiovascular complication in
patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis (HD) via arterio …

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major complication in renal failure
patients, but very little information is available on the cardiovascular parameters in these …

Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is associated with increased mortality in hemodialysis (HD)
patients. The ventricular gradient optimized for right ventricular pressure overload (VG …