...Chiara Paccagnella; Stefano Andreola; Alessia Gambaro; Giovanni Gambaro; Chiara Caletti Background: Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for patients with chronic renal failure, capable of improving life expectancy and the risk of death from all causes, which, however, remains higher than...

...Colin R. Lenihan; Sai Liu; Medha Airy; Carl Walther; Maria E. Montez-Rath; Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer Background: Heart failure (HF) after kidney transplantation is a significant but understudied problem. Pretransplant dialysis modality could influence incident HF risk through differing cardiac...

...Xingxing S. Cheng; Daniel J. Watford; Hiroyuki Arashi; Margaret R. Stedman; Glenn M. Chertow; Jane C. Tan; William F. Fearon Introduction: Current screening algorithms for coronary artery disease (CAD) before kidney transplantation result in many tests but few interventions. Objective: The aim...

...) and after kidney transplantation, left ventricular (LV) systolic function is often preserved in renal patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate global longitudinal strain (GLS), which is reportedly a more accurate tool for detecting subclinical LV systolic dysfunction, in patients with various degrees...

...Abhinav Goyal; Kshitij Chatterjee; Roy O. Mathew; Mandeep S. Sidhu; Sripal Bangalore; Peter A. McCullough; Janani Rangaswami Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the treatment of choice for end-stage kidney disease. Cardiovascular disease is a major determinant of morbidity and mortality...

.... Coronary calcification Coronary artery disease Kidney transplantation It is well established that renal transplantation is the best renal replacement therapy in that it provides longer survival than dialysis therapies [ 1 ]. Nevertheless, mortality in renal transplant patients is substantially...

... kidney transplantation. Our objective was to examine relationships of uremia-associated inflammation and adiponectin with PTDM. Methods: Nondiabetic kidney transplant patients were enrolled with donor controls. Inflammatory cytokines and adiponectin were measured before and after transplantation. Adipose...

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