Articles tagged "Hypertension"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Physician Trust and Hypertension Treatment Adherence among Living Kidney Donors in the United States
J. S. Wilson Jr¹, L. Cooper², M. Johnson², M. Waldram², Y. Yu², J. Perkins², D. Crews², N. Lacy³, M. Henderson², A. Massie², K. Lentine⁴, D. Segev², T. Purnell²
¹Williams College, Williamstown, MA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁴St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Among living kidney donors who develop hypertension (HTN), little is known about racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between physician trust levels and adherence to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Outcomes Following Transplantation Of Allografts From Older Live Kidney Donors With Hypertension
F. Al Ammary¹, S. Yu², A. D. Muzaale³, D. C. Brennan⁴, A. C. Wiseman⁵, D. L. Segev³, A. B. Massie³
¹Johns Hopkins Medicine, Greenbelt, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Healthy older live kidney donor candidates with hypertension may provide an opportunity to increase live kidney donation. However, the impact of this practice on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Standardizing Blood Pressure Measurement across 17 Pediatric Transplant Centers: The Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative
M. E. Seifert¹, R. Garro², R. P. George², G. Barletta³, C. W. Belsha⁴, A. Chaudhuri⁵, J. W. Goebel⁶, L. Wickman⁷, D. Matossian⁸, J. Misurac⁹, C. Nailescu¹⁰, C. R. Nguyen¹¹, M. Pearl¹², A. Pollack¹³, C. S. Pruette¹⁴, P. Singer¹⁵, P. S. Verghese¹⁶, B. A. Warady¹⁷, D. S. Dahale¹⁸, D. K. Hooper¹⁸
¹University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁷Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰Riley Hospital For Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹²UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: We report efforts from the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC) to standardize appropriate BP measurement across 17 pediatric kidney transplant centers.*Methods: 17 centers participated…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
D. Devuni¹, P. Mahboub², P. Martins², C. Barry¹, I. Zacharias¹, B. Movahedi², G. Barnard¹, A. Bozorgzadeh²
¹Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
*Purpose: There is an increase in percentage of patients over the age of 65 yrs. who are being listed for liver transplantation (LT). Patients with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Hypertension is Highly Associated with Estimated Nephron Number, Post-Donation Weight Gain, and Family History: A Prospective 5-Year Follow-Up after Living Kidney Donation
T. Schachtner¹, N. M. Otto², P. Reinke²
¹University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Charite University Medicine Berlin, Zurich, Germany
*Purpose: The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. Recent data, however,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Blood Pressure Circadian Rhythm in Renal Transplant Recipients
A. M. Arriaga, Y. J. Lopez, J. A. Cedillo, L. A. Marino, J. M. Mejia, I. Parra, A. Cohen, L. E. Morales
Nephrology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán,, Mexico City, Mexico
*Purpose: Approximately 80% kidney transplant (KT) recipients have high blood pressure, compromising graft survival and increasing cardiovascular risk. In the pre-transplant stage, alterations in blood…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Provider Adherence to Cardiovascular Disease Primary Prevention Guidelines in Liver Transplant Recipients
M. Kosirog¹, P. T. Campbell¹, S. Montag², S. Connolly¹, A. Daud³, A. Das¹, S. Pine¹, D. Finn³, J. Levitsky¹, J. L. Holl⁴, D. M. Lloyd-Jones⁵, L. B. VanWagner⁶
¹Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Preventative Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Pediatrics and Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Preventive Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Blood pressure (BP) control, aspirin, and statin use are modifiable risk factors for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), stroke, and heart failure…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of BMI, Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio for Identification of Cardiovascular Risk in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Sgambat, S. Clauss, A. Moudgil.
Children's National, Washington DC.
Background: Children with kidney disease have altered body composition and short stature that may not be accurately assessed by standard methods. The measure of obesity…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Mortality and ESRD in Older Live Kidney Donors with Hypertension
F. Al Ammary,¹ X. Luo,¹ A. Muzaale,¹ A. Massie,¹ D. Brennan,¹ A. Wiseman,² J. Snyder,³ D. Segev.¹
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ²University of Colorado, Aurora; ³SRTR, Minneapolis.
Hypertension in otherwise healthy screened older kidney donor candidates is viewed as relatively benign, yet the long-term outcome of older donors with hypertension is unclear.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Post‐Donation eGFR Levels Predicts New‐Onset Antihypertensive Medication Use after Living Kidney Donation
K. Lentine,¹ D. Segev,² N. Lam,³ A. Garg,⁴ A. Naik,⁵ D. Axelrod,⁶ H. Xiao,¹ M. Henderson,² A. Massie,² B. Kasiske,⁷ G. Hess,⁸ C. Hsu,⁹ D. Brennan,² M. Schnitzler.¹
¹Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ³Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁴Western Univ, Ontario, Canada; ⁵Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶Lahey Clinic, Burlington; ⁷Hennepin County, Minneapolis; ⁸Symphony Health, Conshohocken; ⁹UCSF, San Francisco.
Limited data are available on the outcome implications of renal function after living kidney donation.We constructed a novel database linking SRTR registry identifiers, serum creatinine…