Influence of mildly and moderately elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure on post-renal transplantation survival and graft function

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BACKGROUND: Severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been associated with decreased post-kidney transplant survival and increased rate of long-term cardiovascular complications. Despite a high prevalence of PH in patients with end-stage renal disease, data on post-transplant renal allograft survival in recipients with pre-existing mild-to-moderate PH are limited.

METHODS: The single-center retrospective study cohort consisted of 192 consecutive (2008-2015) renal transplant recipients with documented pretransplantation transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP). Mean age was 50.9 ± 12.4 years, 36.5% were females, and 81.25% were Caucasians.

RESULTS: Elevated PASP ≥ 37 mm Hg was present in 51 patients. Elevated PASP was more common in patients with decreased <50% left ventricular ejection fraction (13.73% vs 3.55%, P = 0.010); otherwise, there were no significant differences in baseline demographic (age, ethnicity, gender, and donor status) and clinical parameters between patients with normal and elevated PASP. Four-year mortality (5.7%) was not significantly affected by elevated PASP. However, elevated PASP was associated with significantly decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at 1 year (52.26 vs 60.13 mL/min, P = 0.019) and 2 years (51.04 vs 60.28 mL/min, P = 0.006) post-transplant.

CONCLUSION: Mild and moderately elevated pre-kidney transplant PASP does not affect 4-year post-transplant mortality or graft loss. However, elevated pretransplant PASP is significantly associated with decreased 1 year and 2 years post-transplant eGFR. Preoperative echocardiographic evaluation for PH may be useful in predicting the probability of short-term renal graft and long-term graft dysfunction in these patients.

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E-Artikel

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2019

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2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

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Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) - 36(2019), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 22-27

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Englisch

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Wang, Stephani C [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Torosoff, Mikhail [VerfasserIn]
Fein, Steven A [VerfasserIn]
Ashar, Ata [VerfasserIn]
Chandolias, Nikolaos [VerfasserIn]
Conti, David [VerfasserIn]
Lyubarova, Radmila [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 03.05.2019

Date Revised 03.05.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1111/echo.14192

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NLM290441404