Renal transplant dysfunction—importance quantified in comparison with traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease and mortality | Zendy

Inga Soveri | Zendy; Hallvard Holdaas | Zendy; Alan G. Jardine | Zendy; Claudio Gimpelewicz | Zendy; Beatrix Staffler | Zendy; Bengt Fellström | Zendy

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Renal transplant dysfunction—importance quantified in comparison with traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease and mortality

Author(s) -

Inga Soveri,

Hallvard Holdaas,

Alan G. Jardine,

Claudio Gimpelewicz,

Beatrix Staffler,

Bengt Fellström

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl095

Subject(s) - medicine , mace , myocardial infarction , creatinine , cause of death , diabetes mellitus , stroke (engine) , cardiology , disease , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , conventional pci , engineering

Renal transplant recipients (RTR) mainly die of premature cardiovascular disease. Traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors are prevalent in RTR. Additionally, non-traditional risk factors seem to contribute to the high risk. The impact of renal dysfunction was compared with traditional risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in 1052 placebo-treated patients of the ALERT trial.

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