title: Myocardial revascularization in renal transplant patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the results of surgical myocardial revascularization in renal transplant patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 1991 to 2000, 11 renal transplant patients, whose ages ranged from 36 to 59 (47.5+/-8) years, 8 males and 3 females, underwent myocardial revascularization. The time interval between renal transplantation and myocardial revascularization ranged from 25 to 120 (mean of 63.8+/-32.7) months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The in-hospital mortality rate was 9%. One patient died on the 4th postoperative day from septicemia and respiratory failure. The mean graft/patient ratio was 2.7+/-0.8. Only 1 patient required slow hemodialysis during 24 hours in the postoperative period, and no patient had a definitive renal lesion or lost the transplanted kidney. The actuarial survival curves after 1, 2, and 3 years were, respectively, 90.9%, 56.8%, and 56.8%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal transplant patients may undergo myocardial revascularization with no lesion in or loss of the transplanted kidney.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Souza Delgado
authors.forename: Luís Roberto
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Gerola
authors.forename: Nelson Américo
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hossne
authors.forename: João Nelson R
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: Enio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buffolo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000401:mortality; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome