Challenges of valve surgeries in post-renal transplant patients.
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2015-10
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Abstract
Renal transplantation remains a mainstay of therapy for the end‑stage renal disease. Cardiac disease has
a high prevalence in this patient population. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death
among kidney transplantation patients. The cardiac disease accounts for 43% of all‑cause mortality among
dialysis patients and for ≈38% of all‑cause mortality after transplantation. In this article, we review the factors
and outcomes associated with valve surgeries in renal transplant recipients and evaluate the strategy for
open heart surgery after renal transplantation performed.
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Immunosupression, Renal transplantation, Valve surgeries, Valvular heart disease
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Ahmad Tanveer, Kishore Kolkebaile Sadanand, Maheshwarappa Nandakumar Neralakere, Pasarad Ashwini Kumar. Challenges of valve surgeries in post-renal transplant patients. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 2015 Oct; 18(4): 603-605.