Improved cardiac function after renal transplantation

There are few reports of the outcome of renal transplantation in patients with severe left ventricular (LV) impairment. We describe three men with chronic disabling heart failure associated with LV dysfunction in whom a remarkable improvement in cardiac function followed renal transplantation. Trans...

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Published in:Postgraduate medical journal 1985-06, Vol.61 (716), p.525-528
Main Authors: Fleming, S. J., Caplin, J. L., Banim, S. O., Baker, L. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Electrocardiography
Heart Diseases - complications
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
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Summary:There are few reports of the outcome of renal transplantation in patients with severe left ventricular (LV) impairment. We describe three men with chronic disabling heart failure associated with LV dysfunction in whom a remarkable improvement in cardiac function followed renal transplantation. Transplantation may offer the prospect of successful rehabilitation in these circumstances. Undue pessimism as to the prognosis in such patients is unwarranted.
ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/pgmj.61.716.525