Cardiovascular risk factors in kidney transplantation.
Classical and non-classical cardiovascular risk factors are common after renal transplantation, and they are effectively associated with the development of cardiovascular disease. Despite the absence of large, controlled clinical trials examining the effect of prevention strategies, therapies should not be withheld from renal transplant recipients with significant risk factors, because their risk of developing cardiovascular disease is at least as high as that of the general population.
Division of Nephrology, CH Beauvais, and INSERM U507, Necker Hospital, Paris, France. massy@necker.fr
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors