Kidney Transplant List Status and Outcomes in the ISCHEMIA-CKD Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and coronary artery disease frequently undergo preemptive revascularization before kidney transplant listing.

Objectives

In this post hoc analysis from ISCHEMIA-CKD (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness of Medical and Invasive Approaches-Chronic Kidney Disease), we compared outcomes of patients not listed versus those listed according to management strategy.

Methods

In the ISCHEMIA-CKD trial (n = 777), 194 patients (25%) with chronic coronary syndromes and at least moderate ischemia were listed for transplant. The primary (all-cause mortality or nonfatal myocardial infarction) and secondary (death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, hospitalization for unstable angina, heart failure, resuscitated ca

SUBMITTER: Herzog CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8319110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature