CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS

The relationships between echocardiographic findings and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are incompletely understood. We compared echocardiographic measurements in 35,849 individuals stratified by glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Patients were stratified normal function or CKD stages ≤2, 3, 4, and