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2802418

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
We report the cases of four patients with end-stage renal disease and New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure of nonischemic origin as documented by coronary angiography. Because of left ventricular dysfunction (left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, 23 to 30 mm Hg; ejection fraction, 20% to 35%), all four patients were initially considered poor surgical candidates for renal transplantation. These same four patients became asymptomatic, however, with markedly improved cardiac function (ejection fraction, 43% to 69%) detected as early as 6 and 14 days after renal engraftment. Therefore, there exists a subset of patients with end-stage renal disease in whom congestive heart failure should not be considered a contraindication to renal transplantation. We conclude that some dialysis-dependent patients who manifest symptomatic heart failure of nonischemic origin have a reversible cardiomyopathy and should not be denied renal transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
635-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Reversal of left ventricular dysfunction after renal transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports