Pretransplant cardiac stress testing and transplant wait time in kidney transplantation candidates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Routine screening for cardiovascular disease before kidney transplantation remains controversial. This study aims to compare cardiac testing rates in patients with end-stage renal disease, referred and not referred for transplantation, and assess the impact of testing on transplant wait times.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of 22 687 end-stage renal disease patients from 2011 to 2022, within an integrated health system. Cardiac testing patterns, and the association between cardiac testing and transplant wait times and post-transplant mortality were evaluated.

Results

Of 22 687 patients (median age 66 years, 41.1% female), 6.9% received kidney transplants, and 21.0% underwent evaluation. Compared with dialysis patients, transplant patients had a

SUBMITTER: Lee MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404252 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature