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The authors sought to compare both conventional echocardiographic and strain parameters in patients with DKD and those with non-diabetic kidney disease (NDKD). Those with known coronary artery disease, significant valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, pericardial disease causing significant pericardial effusion or chronic constrictive pericarditis, irregular rhythms like atrial fibrillation or flutter, the poor window for echocardiography, patients on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, pregnant patients, seriously ill patients, and patients unable to lie down comfortably for the duration of the study were excluded. Based on the etiology of CKD, patients were grouped as . . .
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