Changes of cardiac functions after hemodialysis session in pediatric patients with end-stage renal disease: conventional echocardiography and two-dimensional speckle tracking study.

Background: Although acute effects of hemodialysis (HD) on cardiac functions in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have been studied frequently in adults, limited data are available in pediatric age. Therefore, this work elucidates the acute impact of HD on cardiac functions using conventional echocardi...

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Published in:Pediatric Nephrology Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 861 - 871
Main Authors: Rakha, Shaimaa, Hafez, Mona, Bakr, Ashraf, Hamdy, Nashwa
Format: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature May2020
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