title: Death with functioning graft--a preventable cause of graft loss.
abstract: Patient death continues to be a leading cause of renal transplant failure. This mortality of transplant patients is mainly due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Identification of predictions of early CVD may provide targets for intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Pieter.Evenepoel@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Evenepoel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vanrenterghem
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000401:mortality; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality