Echocardiographic measurements In both the intervention and control arm, cardiologists involved in the LUST study will perform the echocardiographic measurements at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months, in a non-dialysis day on a Thursday or on a Friday, depending on the dialysis schedule. These echocardiogram are "research echocardiograms". For this reason, it is fundamental to keep nephrologists blind about the results of these echocardiographic readings.