Influence of the Method of Definition on the Prevalence of Left-Ventricular Hypertrophy in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease: Data from the Know-Ped CKD Study

Conclusions: The results of this study show that there is poor concordance between the diagnosis of LVH using the wall-thicknessz-score and the LVMI2.7 criteria. Further investigation is needed to estimate the correlation between LVH and cardiac dysfunction and to find a better method for defining LVH in the pediatric CKD cohort and thereby predicting cardiac dysfunction.Kidney Blood Press Res 2017;42:406 –415
Source: Kidney and Blood Pressure Research - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research