Open AccessPoor prognosis of heart transplant patients with end-stage renal failure
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Villar,
P. Boissonnat,
Laurent Sebbag,
Achraf Hendawy,
Rémi Cahen,
Pierre Trolliet,
M Labeeuw,
R Ecochard,
Claire PouteilNoble
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/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/gfl811
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , hazard ratio , kidney disease , proportional hazards model , calcineurin , end stage renal disease , cause of death , transplantation , surgery , hemodialysis , disease , confidence interval
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal failure (ESRF) are major complications after a heart transplant. The aim of this study is to compare survival in heart transplant (HT) vs non-heart transplant (non-HT) patients starting dialysis.