Cardiovascular disease in the kidney transplant recipient: epidemiology, diagnosis and management strategies

Rangaswami, Janani; O. Mathew, Roy; Parasuraman, Raviprasenna; Tantisattamo, Ekamol; Lubetzky, Michelle; Rao, Swati; S. Yaqub, Muhammad; A. Birdwell, Kelly; M. Bennett, William; Dalal, Pranav; Kapoor, Rajan; V. Lerma, Edgar; Lerman, Mark; McCormick, Nicole; Bangalore, Sripal; A. McCullough, Peter; M. Dadhania, Darshana

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfz053

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Cardiovascular disease in the kidney transplant recipient: epidemiology, diagnosis and management strategies

Published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation • Mar 4, 2019

Authors:

Janani Rangaswami

Roy O. Mathew

Raviprasenna Parasuraman

Abstract

Kidney transplantation (KT) is the optimal therapy for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), resulting in significant improvement in survival as well as quality of life when compared with maintenance dialysis. The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in ESKD is reduced after KT; however, it still remai...

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Medicine

Intensive care medicine

Dyslipidemia

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