Open AccessCardiac evaluation of the kidney or liver transplant candidate
Author(s) -
Paul Emile Levy,
Sadiya S. Khan,
Lisa B. VanWagner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current opinion in organ transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1531-7013
pISSN - 1087-2418
DOI - 10.1097/mot.0000000000000838
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , cardiology , transplantation , doppler imaging , kidney transplantation , liver transplantation , cardiac imaging , radiology , kidney disease , blood pressure , diastole
As the field of transplant has advanced, cardiac events have become the leading cause of morbidity and mortality after liver and kidney transplantation ahead of graft failure and infection. This trend has been bolstered by the transplantation of older and sicker patients who have a higher burden of cardiovascular risk factors, accentuating the need to determine which patients should undergo more extensive cardiac evaluation prior to transplantation.