Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery for Kidney Transplant Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: This retrospective review suggests that cardiac surgery in kidney transplant patients can result in good survival rates. Thanks to dedicated postoperative and long-term management, approximately 80% of the renal grafts still maintained their function 5 years after cardiac surgery. PMID: 31447456 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - August 25, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Komagamine M, Nishinaka T, Ichihara Y, Saito S, Niinami H Tags: Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Source Type: research