Trends and Specific Causes of Cardiovascular Mortality after Kidney Transplantation in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular diseases are an important cause of mortality in patients who have undergone kidney transplantation, but the knowledge on trends of cardiovascular mortality and specific causes of cardiovascular death among these patients is scarce.

Methods

Our aim was to compare the cardiovascular mortality rates after kidney transplantation in Finland between 1990-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2019 using data from the Finnish Registry for Kidney Diseases. We analyzed 1-year and long-term cardiovascular mortality rates as well as the specific causes of cardiovascular death and the trends in them.

Results

In total, 4946 patients underwent first kidney transplantation in 1990-2019. During the follow-up time (median 8.3 years, interquartile range 4.0-14.5), there we

SUBMITTER: Helve S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10937022 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature