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Are echocardiographic parameters associated with the rate of renal function decline and progression to dialysis in patients with CKD stage 3 to 5?
Are echocardiographic parameters associated with the rate of renal function decline and progression to dialysis in patients with CKD stage 3 to 5?
Echocardiographic parameters such as concentric LVH, LA diameter, and LVEF can help identify patients with CKD stage 3 to 5 at high risk for rapid renal function decline and progression to dialysis.
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Echocardiographic parameters may aid risk stratification in CKD stage 3-5; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding care.
Chen et al. (2011) studied this question.
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