Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Risk Factors Before and After Kidney Transplant

Title:Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Risk Factors Before and After Kidney Transplant

Volume: 14 Issue: 3

Author(s): Mira T. Keddis, Gauri Bhutani and Ziad M. El-Zoghby

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Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, kidney transplant, risk factors.

Abstract: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the most common cause of mortality among kidney transplant candidates on the waiting-list and after kidney transplantation. The mechanisms of cardiovascular disease burden after transplant are multifactorial and the risk is largely determined by pre-transplant factors including CV disease and dialysis duration. Current pre-transplant cardiac evaluation protocols have proven to be inconsistent in predicting adverse cardiovascular outcome post-transplant. However, multiple biomarkers have been recognized as predictors of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events including graft function, hemoglobin, homocysteine, C - reactive protein among others. Of these, elevation in the biomarker cardiac troponin T appears to be a significant predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality among wait-listed kidney transplant candidates and after transplantation. The relationship between CV risk reduction, normalization of cardiac troponin T levels and restoration of renal function after kidney transplant is complex but opens opportunities for the use of cardiac troponin T and other cardiovascular biomarkers as important endpoints of clinical interventions in kidney transplant recipients.

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Keddis T. Mira, Bhutani Gauri and El-Zoghby M. Ziad, Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Risk Factors Before and After Kidney Transplant, Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders-Drug Targets 2014; 14 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871529X14666140401112654