Percutaneous coronary intervention as a bridge to renal transplantation in a patient with end-stage renal disease--a case report.
Renal transplantation is one of the preferred modes of replacement therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease and renal transplant recipients. The authors describe a patient with end-stage renal disease who developed unstable angina before renal transplantation. Emergent cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention served as a bridge to his successful renal transplantation without complications.
Safi
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Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, USA.
Kwan
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Rachko
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Salciccioli
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Clark
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LT
D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents