Cardiovascular magnetic resonance left ventricular strain in end-stage renal disease patients after kidney transplantation

Table 3 Relationship between changes (from baseline to 12 months) in left ventricular peak systolic strain, ejection fraction, mass, volume, and blood pressure for the entire cohort

	LVEDVi	LVESVi	LVMi	LVEF	sBP	dBP
GLS	−0.001 (p = 0.99)	0.17 (p = 0.15)	0.26 (p = 0.020)	−0.34 (p = 0.002)	0.06 (p = 0.60)	0.09 (p = 0.43)
GCS	0.41 (p < 0.001)	0.52 (p < 0.001)	0.18 (p = 0.11)	−0.42 (p < 0.001)	0.19 (p = 0.11)	0.16 (p = 0.17)
GRS	−0.33 (p = 0.003)	−0.56 (p < 0.001)	− 0.12 (p = 0.30)	0.64 (p < 0.001)	− 0.07 (p = 0.57)	0.01 (p = 0.93)

Abbreviations: dBP diastolic blood pressure; GLS global longitudinal strain; GCS, global circumferential strain; GRS global radial strain; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESVi left ventricular end-systolic volume index; LVEDVi left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVMi left ventricular mass index; sBP systolic blood pressure

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