2018 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Risk and Subclinical Vascular Damage in Patients after Pediatric Liver Transplantation
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
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.
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
Arterial Hypertension After Renal Transplantation in Pediatric Patients: An Analysis of CERTAIN Registry.
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…2016 American Transplant Congress
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome After Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Increased Risk for Children with Preexisting Glenn/Fontan Physiology.
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
Cardiovascular Prognosis and Adverse Cardiac Events After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
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
Common Iliac Artery Stenosis: An Often Overlooked Cause of Graft Dysfunction.
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…2015 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Follow-Up of Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients – Results from the 4C-T Study
Purpose: Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) carry an increased cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular death is the second leading cause of death in children after renal…2015 American Transplant Congress
Forty-Seven Consecutive Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants With Steroid Free Immunosuppression After Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction
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…2015 American Transplant Congress
High Atherosclerotic Burden in Pediatric Lung Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Pediatric lung transplant patients have been reported to have an increased incidence of hypertension. This incidence might be caused by the treatment with calcineurin…
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