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Early cardiopulmonary adaptation following arteriovenous fistula creation in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: a prospective echocardiographic study

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study used heart ultrasound to watch kidney patients who were not yet on dialysis, before and after surgery to build a dialysis access point in the arm (an arteriovenous fistula). The heart showed early changes soon after the fistula was made. It was a small watch-and-measure study, so it shows what happens, not whether it causes long-term harm.

Who did this work

K V Poon (University Malaya Medical Centre) · Maisarah Jalalonmuhali (University Malaya Medical Centre) · Soo Kun Lim (University Malaya Medical Centre) · Muhammad Dzafir Ismail (Hospital Kuala Lumpur) · Ahmad Rafizi Hariz Ramli (University of Malaya)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-20
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05283-4