Venous Thromboembolism and the Risk of Death and Graft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

CONCLUSIONS: Kidney transplant recipients have a sevenfold higher risk of VTE compared to the general population with VTE conferring an increased risk of death and graft loss.
PMID: 29024935 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - October 12, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Lam NN, Garg AX, Knoll GA, Kim SJ, Lentine KL, McArthur E, Naylor KL, Bota SE, Sood MM Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research