Ann Wing-Man Choi1, Nai-Chung Fong1, Vivian Wing-Yi Li2, Tsz-Wai Ho1, Eugene Yu-Hin Chan1, Alison Lap-Tak Ma1, Yiu-Fai Cheung3. 1. Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. 2. Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. 3. Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. xfcheung@hku.hk.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that myocardial stiffness is altered in paediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and explored its association with clinical parameters of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS: Thirty-five patients with ESKD (16 males) aged 17.5 ± 3 years old, 18/35 of whom were receiving dialysis and 17 post kidney transplant, were studied. Left ventricular (LV) myocardial stiffness was determined by measurement of diastolic wall strain (DWS) and stiffness index (SI), while LV diastolic function was interrogated by pulsed-wave and tissue Doppler echocardiography. RESULTS: Compared with available literature data, both dialysis and transplanted patients had significantly lower DWS and greater SI, reduced transmitral early (E) to late diastolic velocity ratio and septal and lateral mitral annular early (e') diastolic velocities, and greater septal and lateral E/e' ratios (all p < 0.05). Multivariate analysis revealed that z score of diastolic blood pressure (β = 0.43, p = 0.004) and the duration of renal replacement therapy (β = 0.55, p < 0.001) were significant determinants of LV SI. Subgroup analysis in post-transplant patients showed z score of diastolic blood pressure (β = 0.54, p = 0.025) remained as a significant determinant of LV SI. CONCLUSION: Increased LV myocardial stiffness is evident in paediatric dialysis and transplanted patients with ESKD, and is associated with blood pressure and duration of renal replacement therapy.
BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that myocardial stiffness is altered in paediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and explored its association with clinical parameters of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS: Thirty-five patients with ESKD (16 males) aged 17.5 ± 3 years old, 18/35 of whom were receiving dialysis and 17 post kidney transplant, were studied. Left ventricular (LV) myocardial stiffness was determined by measurement of diastolic wall strain (DWS) and stiffness index (SI), while LV diastolic function was interrogated by pulsed-wave and tissue Doppler echocardiography. RESULTS: Compared with available literature data, both dialysis and transplanted patients had significantly lower DWS and greater SI, reduced transmitral early (E) to late diastolic velocity ratio and septal and lateral mitral annular early (e') diastolic velocities, and greater septal and lateral E/e' ratios (all p < 0.05). Multivariate analysis revealed that z score of diastolic blood pressure (β = 0.43, p = 0.004) and the duration of renal replacement therapy (β = 0.55, p < 0.001) were significant determinants of LV SI. Subgroup analysis in post-transplant patients showed z score of diastolic blood pressure (β = 0.54, p = 0.025) remained as a significant determinant of LV SI. CONCLUSION: Increased LV myocardial stiffness is evident in paediatric dialysis and transplanted patients with ESKD, and is associated with blood pressure and duration of renal replacement therapy.
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