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He L, Dan G, Yuanbo S, Fengqiong T, Mingcheng H, Li H. The diagnostic efficacy of diffusion tensor imaging generated by gadolinium-based magnetic resonance imaging for patients with chronic kidney disease. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e29291. [PMID: 35801753 PMCID: PMC9259180 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000029291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can lead to systemic inflammatory responses and other cardiovascular disease. Diffusion tensor imaging findings generated by gadolinium-based MRI (DTI-GBMRI) is regarded as a standard method for assessing the pathology of CKD. To evaluate the diagnostic value of DTI-GBMRI for renal histopathology and renal efficiency, renal fibrosis and damage, noninvasive quantification of renal blood flow (RBF) were investigated in patients with CKD. METHODS CKD patients (n = 186) were recruited and underwent diagnosis of renal diffusion tensor imaging findings generated by MRI (DTI-MRI) or DTI-GBMRI to identify the pathological characteristics and depict renal efficiency. The cortical RBFs and estimated glomerular filtration rate were compared in CKD patients undergone DTI-GBMRI (n = 92) or DTI-MRI (n = 94). RESULTS Gadolinium enhanced the diagnosis generated by DTI-MRI in renal fibrosis, renal damage, and estimated glomerular filtration rate. The superiority in sensitivity and accuracy of the DTI-GBMRI method in assessing renal function and evaluating renal impairment was observed in CKD patients compared with DTI-MRI. Outcomes demonstrated that DTI-GBMRI had higher accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity than DTI-MRI in diagnosing patients with CKD. CONCLUSION In conclusion, DTI-GBMRI is a potential noninvasive method for measuring renal function, which can provide valuable information for clinical CKD diagnosis.
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- Liu He
- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Pathological Diagnosis Center, Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Qujing First People’s Hospital, Qujing, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance, Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
- * Correspondence: Li Hongyi, Department of Magnetic Resonance, Hongqi Hospital Affiliated to Mudanjiang Medcial University, No 5, Tongxiang, Road, Mudanjiang 157000, China (e-mail: )
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Chhabra J, Karwarker GV, Rajamanuri M, Maligireddy AR, Dai E, Chahal M, Mannava SM, Alfonso M. The Role of Arterial Spin Labeling Functional MRI in Assessing Perfusion Impairment of Renal Allografts: A Systematic Review. Cureus 2022; 14:e25428. [PMID: 35769679 PMCID: PMC9236280 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.25428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Joseph JJ, Sun C, Lee T, Goldman D, Kharche SR, Mcintyre CW. Structure (Epicardial Stenosis) and Function (Microvascular Dysfunction) That Influence Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve Estimation. Applied Sciences 2022; 12:4281. [DOI: 10.3390/app12094281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Background. The treatment of coronary stenosis is decided by performing high risk invasive surgery to generate the fractional flow reserve diagnostics index, a ratio of distal to proximal pressures in respect of coronary atherosclerotic plaques. Non-invasive methods are a need of the times that necessitate the use of mathematical models of coronary hemodynamic physiology. This study proposes an extensible mathematical description of the coronary vasculature that provides an estimate of coronary fractional flow reserve. Methods. By adapting an existing computational model of human coronary blood flow, the effects of large vessel stenosis and microvascular disease on fractional flow reserve were quantified. Several simulations generated flow and pressure information, which was used to compute fractional flow reserve under several conditions including focal stenosis, diffuse stenosis, and microvascular disease. Sensitivity analysis was used to uncover the influence of model parameters on fractional flow reserve. The model was simulated as coupled non-linear ordinary differential equations and numerically solved using our implicit higher order method. Results. Large vessel stenosis affected fractional flow reserve. The model predicts that the presence, rather than severity, of microvascular disease affects coronary flow deleteriously. Conclusions. The model provides a computationally inexpensive instrument for future in silico coronary blood flow investigations as well as clinical-imaging decision making. A combination of focal and diffuse stenosis appears to be essential to limit coronary flow. In addition to pressure measurements in the large epicardial vessels, diagnosis of microvascular disease is essential. The independence of the index with respect to heart rate suggests that computationally inexpensive steady state simulations may provide sufficient information to reliably compute the index.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Patients on hemodialysis have significantly higher rates of cardiovascular mortality resulting from a multitude of myocardial dysfunctions. Current imaging modalities allow independent assessment of cardiac morphology, contractile function, coronary arteries and cardiac perfusion. Techniques such as cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging have been available for some time, but have not yet had widespread adoption because of technical limitations related to cardiac motion, radiation exposure and safety of contrast agents in kidney disease. RECENT FINDINGS Novel dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) CT imaging can be used to acquire high-resolution cardiac images, which simultaneously allow the assessment of coronary arteries and the quantitative measurement of myocardial perfusion. The advancement of recent CT scanners and cardiac protocols have allowed noninvasive imaging of the whole heart in a single imaging session with minimal cardiac motion artefact and exposure to radiation. SUMMARY DCE-CT imaging in clinical practice would allow comprehensive evaluation of the structure, function, and hemodynamics of the heart in a short, well tolerated scanning session. It is an imaging tool enabling the study of myocardial dysfunction in dialysis patients, who have greater cardiovascular risk than nonrenal cardiovascular disease populations, both at rest and under cardiac stress associated with hemodialysis itself.
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Ding J, Xing Z, Jiang Z, Zhou H, Di J, Chen J, Qiu J, Yu S, Zou L, Xing W. Evaluation of renal dysfunction using texture analysis based on DWI, BOLD, and susceptibility-weighted imaging. Eur Radiol 2018; 29:2293-2301. [PMID: 30560361 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5911-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the value of texture analysis based on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), blood oxygen level-dependent MRI (BOLD), and susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) in evaluating renal dysfunction. METHODS Seventy-two patients (mean age 53.72 ± 13.46 years) underwent MRI consisting of DWI, BOLD, and SWI. According to their estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the patients were classified into either severe renal function impairment (sRI, eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2), non-severe renal function impairment (non-sRI, eGFR ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m2, and < 80 mL/min/1.73 m2), or control (CG, eGFR ≥ 80 mL/min/1.73 m2) groups. Thirteen texture features were extracted and then were analyzed to select the most valuable for discerning the three groups with each imaging method. A ROC curve was performed to compare the capacities of the features to differentiate non-sRI from sRI or CG. RESULTS Six features proved to be the most valuable for assessing renal dysfunction: 0.25QuantileDWI, 0.5QuantileDWI, HomogeneityDWI, EntropyBOLD, SkewnessSWI, and CorrelationSWI. Three features derived from DWI (0.25QuantileDWI, 0.5QuantileDWI, and HomogeneityDWI) were smaller in sRI than in non-sRI; EntropyBOLD and CorrelationSWI were smaller in non-sRI than in CG (p < 0.05). 0.25QuantileDWI, 0.5QuantileDWI, and HomogeneityDWI showed similar capacities for differentiating sRI from non-sRI. Similarly, EntropyBOLD and CorrelationSWI showed equal capacities for differentiating non-sRI from CG. CONCLUSION Texture analysis based on DWI, BOLD, and SWI can assist in assessing renal dysfunction, and texture features based on BOLD and SWI may be suitable for assessing renal dysfunction during early stages. KEY POINTS • Texture analysis based on MRI techniques allowed for assessing renal dysfunction. • Texture features based on BOLD and SWI, but not DWI, may be suitable for assessing renal function impairment during early stages. • SWI exhibited a similar capacity to BOLD for assessing renal dysfunction.
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- Jiule Ding
- Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Urology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shenzhen nanshan People's Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518000, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu, China.
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Mandaltsi A, Grytsan A, Odudu A, Kadziela J, Morris PD, Witkowski A, Ellam T, Kalra P, Marzo A. Non-invasive Stenotic Renal Artery Haemodynamics by in silico Medicine. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1106. [PMID: 30174610 PMCID: PMC6107783 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: Measuring the extent to which renal artery stenosis (RAS) alters renal haemodynamics may permit precision medicine by physiologically guided revascularization. This currently requires invasive intra-arterial pressure measurement with associated risks and is rarely performed. The present proof-of-concept study investigates an in silico approach that uses computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling to non-invasively estimate renal artery haemodynamics from routine anatomical computed tomography (CT) imaging of RAS. Methods: We evaluated 10 patients with RAS by CT angiography. Intra-arterial renal haemodynamics were invasively measured by a transducing catheter under resting and hyperaemic conditions, calculating the translesional ratio of distal to proximal pressure (Pd/Pa). The diagnostic and quantitative accuracy of the CFD-derived virtual Pd/Pa ratio (vPd/Pa) was evaluated against the invasively measured Pd/Pa ratio (mPd/Pa). Results: Hyperaemic haemodynamics was infeasible and CT angiography in 4 patients had insufficient image resolution. Resting flow data is thus reported for 7 stenosed arteries from 6 patients (one patient had bilateral RAS). The comparison showed a mean difference of 0.015 (95% confidence intervals of ± 0.08), mean absolute error of 0.064, and a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.6, with diagnostic accuracy for a physiologically significant Pd/Pa of ≤ 0.9 at 86%. Conclusion: We describe the first in silico estimation of renal artery haemodynamics from CT angiography in patients with RAS, showing it is feasible and diagnostically accurate. This provides a methodological framework for larger prospective studies to ultimately develop non-invasive precision medicine approaches for studies and interventions of RAS and resistant hypertension.
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- Aikaterini Mandaltsi
- INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.,Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Department of Cardiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.,Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom
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- INSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Kooman JP, Katzarski K, van der Sande FM, Leunissen KM, Kotanko P. Hemodialysis: A model for extreme physiology in a vulnerable patient population. Semin Dial 2018; 31:500-506. [DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Jeroen P. Kooman
- Division of Nephrology; Department of Internal Medicine; Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Dialysis Unit Solna Gate; Diaverum AB; and Division of Renal Medicine; Department of Clinical Science; Intervention and Technology; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Nephrology; Department of Internal Medicine; Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology; Department of Internal Medicine; Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Renal Research Institute; New York NY USA
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; New York NY USA
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Li LP, Tan H, Thacker JM, Li W, Zhou Y, Kohn O, Sprague SM, Prasad PV. Evaluation of Renal Blood Flow in Chronic Kidney Disease Using Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Kidney Int Rep 2016; 2:36-43. [PMID: 28868513 PMCID: PMC5575771 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with reduced renal blood flow. However, data in humans are limited to date. Methods In this study, noninvasive arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging data were acquired in 33 patients with diabetes and stage 3 CKD as well as in 30 healthy controls. Results A significantly lower renal blood flow in both the cortex (108.4 ± 36.4 vs. 207.3 ± 41.8; P < 0.001, d = 2.52) and medulla (23.2 ± 8.9 vs. 42.6 ± 15.8; P < 0.001, d = 1.5) was observed. Both cortical (ρ = 0.67, P < 0.001) and medullary (ρ = 0.62, P < 0.001) blood flow were correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate, and cortical blood flow was found to be confounded by age and body mass index. However, in a subset of subjects who were matched for age and body mass index (n = 6), the differences between CKD patients and control subjects remained significant in both the cortex (107.4 ± 42.8 vs. 187.51 ± 20.44; P = 0.002) and medulla (15.43 ± 8.43 vs. 39.18 ± 11.13; P = 0.002). A threshold value to separate healthy controls and CKD patients was estimated to be a cortical blood flow of 142.9 and a medullary blood flow of 24.1. Discussion These results support the use of arterial spin labeling in the evaluation of renal blood flow in patients with a moderate level of CKD. Whether these measurements can identify patients at risk for progressive CKD requires further longitudinal follow-up.
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- Lu-Ping Li
- Center for Advanced Imaging, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
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- Center for Advanced Imaging, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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- Center for Advanced Imaging, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
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- Center for Biomedical Research & Informatics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Nephrology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL.,Department of Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Cardiac dysfunction is a key factor in the high morbidity and mortality rates seen in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Much of the dysfunction is manifest as adverse changes in cardiac and vascular structure prior to commencing dialysis. This adverse vascular remodeling arises as a dysregulation between pro- and antiproliferative signaling pathways in response to hemodynamic and nonhemodynamic factors. The HD procedure itself further promotes cardiomyopathy by inducing hypotension and episodic regional cardiac ischemia that precedes global dysfunction, fibrosis, worsening symptoms, and increased mortality. Drug-based therapies have been largely ineffective in reversing HD-associated cardiomyopathy, in part due to targeting single pathways of low yield. Few studies have sought to establish natural history and there is no framework of priorities for future clinical trials. Targeting intradialytic cardiac dysfunction by altering dialysate temperature, composition, or ultrafiltration rate might prevent the development of global cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and mortality through multiple pathways. Novel imaging techniques show promise in characterizing the physiological response to HD that is a unique model of repetitive ischemia-reperfusion injury. Reducing HD-associated cardiomyopathy may need a paradigm shift from empirical delivery of solute clearance to a personalized therapy balancing solute and fluid removal with microvascular protection. This review describes the evidence for intradialytic cardiac dysfunction outlining cardioprotective strategies that extend to multiple organs with potential impacts on exercise tolerance, sleep, cognitive function, and quality of life.
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- Aghogho Odudu
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. .,Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom.
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- Division of Nephrology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Breidthardt T, Cox EF, Squire I, Odudu A, Omar NF, Eldehni MT, Francis ST, Mcintyre CW. The pathophysiology of the chronic cardiorenal syndrome: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Eur Radiol 2015; 25:1684-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3571-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Selby NM, McIntyre CW. The vicious cycle of dialysis-induced cardiac injury--are dynamic changes in diastolic function involved? Am J Kidney Dis 2013; 62:442-4. [PMID: 23972056 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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