Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Salah Mohamed Saleh

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• Research Article
  Myocardial Performance Index in Nephrotic Syndrome
  Author(s): Salah Mohamed Saleh, Khaled Sayed Mahmoud Elmaghraby, Ashraf Mohamed Abdelfadil, Hanem Saad Mohamed Salah Mohamed Saleh, Khaled Sayed Mahmoud Elmaghraby, Ashraf Mohamed Abdelfadil, Hanem Saad Mohamed
  
  Background: Primary or idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (PNS) is the most frequent form of Nephrotic Syndrome in children. There is an increased incidence of heart disease in patients with (PNS). Protein wasting and systemic inflammatory activation during PNS may contribute to cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. Methods: This study was carried out in nephrology unit jointly with cardiology unit in El-Minia University Hospital at the period between March 2015 till December 2016 and included 30 PNS patients as group I and twenty age and sex matched healthy control as group II. Both groups are subjected to full history taking, thorough clinical examination, anthropometric measurements, and lab studies, including serum albumin; renal function tests, 24 h urine protein, and serum cholesterol level. Doppler Echocardiography was used for evaluation of bo.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000585

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