Open AccessPulse Pressure and Outcome in Kidney Transplantation: Results From the Collaborative Transplant Study
Author(s) -
Bernd Krüger,
Bernd Döhler,
Gerhard Opelz,
Bernhard K. Krämer,
Caner Süsal
Publication year - 2019
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/tp.0000000000002440
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , pulse pressure , transplantation , survival analysis , kidney transplantation , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , diastole , surgery , cardiology
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) are important predictors of graft and patient survival in renal transplantation. Pulse pressure (PP), the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure, has been associated with cardiovascular and renal morbidity in nontransplant epidemiological studies and clinical trials.