2015 American Transplant Congress
Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypertension in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients: Could We Be Doing More?
Introduction and Objective: 50-80% of pediatric kidney transplant patients have hypertension (HTN). HTN is a known risk factor for decreased allograft function and survival in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis (TRAS)
Elevated peak systolic velocity (PSV) on Doppler ultrasound at the transplant renal artery (TRA) does not always correlate with true transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age-Dependent Decline in Glomerular Filtration Rate: A US Population-Based Study
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Background and aim: Reduced renal function is nearly a universal complication experienced by organ transplant recipients, in part related to nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors. With…2015 American Transplant Congress
Serum Uric Acid Is Associated With Hypertension in Kidney Donors
Introduction:Uric acid has been linked to the development of hypertension and possibly CKD. Moreover, some preliminary data suggests that lowering uric acid maybe associated with…2015 American Transplant Congress
Blood Pressure Evaluation by Three Different Modalities in Living Kidney Donors
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Screening for hypertension (HTN) is an important element of the living kidney donor (LKD) evaluation process. Since there are no general consensus about the blood…
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