Association between Aortic Calcification, Cardiovascular Events, and Mortality in Kidney and Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients.

CONCLUSION: Kidney and SPK transplant recipients with high AAC have 3-fold higher CV and mortality risk and poorer graft outcomes than recipients without AAC. AAC scoring may be useful in assessing and targeted risk-lowering strategies.
PMID: 31394536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - August 7, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Lewis JR, Wong G, Taverniti A, Vucak-Dzumhur M, Elder GJ Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research