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A comprehensive characterization of myocardial and vascular phenotype in pediatric chronic kidney disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.
Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance - 29 Mar 2018
Cheang Mun Hong, Barber Nathaniel J, Khushnood Abbas, Hauser Jakob A, Kowalik Gregorz T, Steeden Jennifer A, Quail Michael A, Tullus Kjell, Hothi Daljit, Muthurangu Vivek
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BACKGROUND: Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have increased cardiovascular mortality. Identifying high-risk children who may benefit from further therapeutic intervention is difficult as cardiovascular abnormalities are subtle. Although transthoracic echocardiography may be used to detect sub-clinical abnormalities, it has well-known problems with reproducibility that limit its ability to accurately...
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