title: Deaths from occlusive arterial disease in renal allograft recipients.
abstract: In a series of 325 recipients of cadaveric renal transplants sudden occlusive arterial disease was found to be responsible for 12% of deaths. Acute myocardial infarction (9%) occurred 25 times more than expected in the normal population and cerebral thrombosis (3%) 300 times more. The greatest loss was in the initial three-month period after transplantation. Patients with renal failure due to essential hypertension were especially at risk, accounting for six of the 12 deaths.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000401:mortality; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine