Cardiovascular risk assessment scoring system for the determination of cardiovascular mortality in renal transplant patients.
It is well known that the greatest risk for mortality post-renal transplant is cardiovascular death. We compared a modified cardiac risk assessment system among renal transplant patients who subsequently died versus the group that survived. There was a good correlation between the low, medium, and high scores with survival. The deceased group had significantly greater cardiovascular scores than case controls.
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Department of Renal and Liver Transplant, The Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK. ajaygupta21@hotmail.com
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Asher
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis