title: Multivalvular heart failure improvement after successful kidney transplantation.
abstract: Chronic renal disease is responsible for various cardiac complications. After renal transplantation many of these complications improve. However the extent to which cardiac failure is reversible post transplant is not known. We report two cases of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and severe heart failure characterized by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 20%. Three months after kidney transplantation, the LVEF rose to more than 50%. Successful renal transplantation can significantly improve cardiac function compromised as a result of ESRD.
authors.affiliation: Shahid Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Majid A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Asgari
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dadkhah
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tara
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noshad
authors.forename: Hamed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akhavizadegan
authors.forename: Gity
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Birashk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D054143:Heart Failure, Systolic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011859:Radiography; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016896:Treatment Outcome