Articles tagged "Post-transplant hypertension"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Greater Susceptibility for Metabolic Syndrome in Pediatric Transplant Recipients – A Case-Control Study
R. Bloete,¹ N. Memaran,¹ B. Borchert-Mörlins,¹ D. Thurn,¹ E. Bauer,¹ R. Büscher,² J. Oh,³ B. Schmidt,⁴ A. Melk.¹
¹Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; ²Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; ³Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Introduction. Metabolic syndrome not only contributes to an increased risk for cardiovascular sequelae but is also associated with impaired graft function and lower graft survival…
2018 American Transplant Congress
High Prevalence of Hypertension and Alterations in Rhythmicity in Recipients of Pediatric Transplants
N. Memaran,¹ M. Kirchner,² R. Blöte,¹ B. Maecker-Kolhoff,³ I. Goldschmidt,¹ C. Müller,⁴ J. Epping,⁵ R. Sugianto,¹ B. Borchert,¹ B. Schmidt,⁶ E. Wühl,⁷ A. Melk.¹
¹Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ²Department of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ³Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁴Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology, and Neonatology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁵Department of Medical Sociology, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁶Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Med. School, Hanover, Germany; ⁷Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hypertension (HTN) is a major issue after transplantation (Tx). Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) permits the diagnosis of masked HTN and nocturnal HTN. Fourier…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Risk and Subclinical Vascular Damage in Patients after Pediatric Liver Transplantation
H. Wilke,¹ N. Memaran,¹ I. Goldschmidt,¹ B. Borchert-Mörlins,¹ A. von Wick,¹ E. Bauer,¹ R. Blöte,¹ B. Schmidt,² A. Melk.¹
¹Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Cardiovascular (CV) disease causes a high level of morbidity and mortality in adults undergoing solid organ transplantation. Pediatric liver transplant (Li-Tx) recipients were reported to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence and Persistence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Subclinical Vascular Damage in Patients after Pediatric Lung Transplantation
M. Onnen,¹ N. Memaran,¹ B. Borchert,¹ R. Blöte,¹ R. Sugianto,¹ C. Müller,² A. Melk.¹
¹Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
In adults undergoing solid organ transplantation, cardiovascular (CV) disease causes a high level of morbidity and mortality. Children after lung transplantation (Lu-Tx) are prone to…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Cyclosporine Effects on Blood Pressure Are Exaggerated in Pubertal Girls After Renal Transplantation.
A. Melk,¹ R. Sugianto,¹ B. Schmidt,² K. Krupka,³ B. Höcker,³ B. Tönshoff,³ E. Wühl.³
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; ²Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; ³Pediatric Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Hypertension is a common problem after renal transplantation. We investigated potential contributing factors for high blood pressure (BP) in 336 pediatric transplant recipients from the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Common Iliac Artery Stenosis: An Often Overlooked Cause of Graft Dysfunction.
E. Christie, P. Campbell, K. Wen.
Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) has been an increasingly recognized complication post kidney transplantation, and a potentially reversible cause for hypertension and allograft dysfunction. This…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Prognosis and Adverse Cardiac Events After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
L. Potena, V. Manfredini, P. Prestinenzi, R. Alabrese, V. Bertuzzo, L. Borgese, M. Masetti, C. Morelli, F. Grigioni, A. Pinna.
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among transplant candidate and recipients of noncardiac organs. Aiming to analyze the impact of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome After Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Increased Risk for Children with Preexisting Glenn/Fontan Physiology.
M. Kemna,¹ B. Eilers,² E. Albers,¹ Y. Law.¹
¹Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; ²School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Study aim:Identification of risk factors for posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) after organ transplant can improve early detection and avoid permanent neurologic injury. High calcineurin-inhibitor…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Arterial Hypertension After Renal Transplantation in Pediatric Patients: An Analysis of CERTAIN Registry.
R. Sugianto,¹ E. Wühl,² B. Schmidt,¹ K. Krupka,² B. Höcker,² B. Tönshoff,² A. Melk.¹
¹Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; ²Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
BackgroundOur study aimed to describe the prevalence of hypertension & blood pressure (BP) control as well as influencing factors in pediatric renal transplant patients.MethodCasual BP…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Forty-Seven Consecutive Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants With Steroid Free Immunosuppression After Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction
D. Hall, V. Puri, S. Mabry, J. Vanatta, J. Eason.
Transplantation, University of Tennessee/Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN.
Introduction: Utilization of rabbit antithymocyte globulin (RATG) induction as part of a steroid free immunosuppression protocol in orthotopic liver transplantation has gained wide acceptance in…