Open AccessPROGRESSION OF MACROVASCULAR DISEASE AFTER TRANSPLANTATION1
Author(s) -
Brian J. Nankivell,
Siew-gek Lau,
Jeremy R. Chapman,
Philip J. O’Connell,
J. Fletcher,
Richard D. Allen
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200002270-00019
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , cardiology , dialysis , kidney disease , internal carotid artery , kidney transplantation , hyperphosphatemia , common carotid artery , surgery , carotid arteries
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease are major causes of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation. The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the natural history of carotid plaque and to determine risk factors for the progression of vascular disease in uremic, type 1 diabetic patients who received a combined kidney and pancreas transplant.