Silent cardiac burden: Echocardiographic abnormalities and their predictors in kidney transplant candidates and their impact on graft function

Table 7 Impact of left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, and pulmonary hypertension on estimated glomerular filtration rates, mean ± SD

Graft function	Echocardiographic findings				P value
eGFR	Number	mean ± SD	Number	mean ± SD
	LVH		No LVH
eGFR at discharge (mL/minute)	91	86.63 ± 30.37	164	91.40 ± 30.80	0.23
eGFR at 6 months (mL/minute)	90	86.40 ± 28.69	161	91.17 ± 29.10	0.21
eGFR at 1 year (mL/minute)	79	89.62 ± 25.62	136	91.60 ± 27.69	0.60
eGFR at 2 years (mL/minute)	51	86.73 ± 28.21	70	92.36 ± 25.47	0.25
	LVSD		No LVSD
eGFR at discharge (mL/minute)	31	83.97 ± 30.98	223	90.68 ± 30.55
eGFR at 6 months (mL/minute)	31	84.84 ± 30.78	219	90.26 ± 28.72
eGFR at 1 year (mL/minute)	23	92.26 ± 22.72	191	90.81 ± 27.45
eGFR at 2 years (mL/minute)	16	95.25 ± 24.92	105	89.18 ± 26.97
	DD		No DD
eGFR at discharge (mL/minute)	70	86.73 ± 32.56	185	90.82 ± 29.95	0.34
eGFR at 6 months (mL/minute)	70	87.56 ± 27.66	181	90.19 ± 29.53	0.52
eGFR at 1 year (mL/minute)	59	91.97 ± 26.45	156	90.46 ± 27.15	0.71
eGFR at 2 years (mL/minute)	34	93.03 ± 25.67	87	88.79 ± 27.13	0.43
	PH		No PH
eGFR at discharge (mL/minute)	66	90.97 ± 30.18	189	89.25 ± 30.91	0.70
eGFR at 6 months (mL/minute)	65	89.15 ± 26.46	186	89.56 ± 29.89	0.92
eGFR at 1 year (mL/minute)	63	91.05 ± 26.71	152	90.80 ± 27.07	0.95
eGFR at 2 years (mL/minute)	52	91.19 ± 26.72	69	89.07 ± 26.82	0.67

DD: Diastolic dysfunction; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; LVH: Left ventricular hypertrophy; LVSD: Left ventricular systolic dysfunction; PH: Pulmonary hypertension.