Open AccessDoes Renal Function Deteriorate More Rapidly in Diabetic Cardiac Transplant Recipients?
Author(s) -
Khalid Almuti,
Jennifer Haythe,
Lana Tsao,
Yoshifumi Naka,
Donna Mancini
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000253428.60083.df
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , renal function , nephrotoxicity , calcineurin , urology , creatinine , renal transplant , transplantation , tacrolimus , body mass index , endocrinology , kidney
Selection criteria for cardiac transplant candidates with diabetes mellitus (DM) have been liberalized resulting in increased numbers of diabetic patients receiving organs. Calcineurin inhibition results in nephrotoxicity. Whether this nephrotoxicity is accelerated in diabetic heart transplant recipients is unknown.