The Association of Pre-Kidney Transplant Dialysis Modality with de novo Posttransplant Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure (HF) after kidney transplantation is a significant but understudied problem. Pretransplant dialysis modality could influence incident HF risk through differing cardiac stressors. However, whether pretransplant dialysis modality is associated with the development of posttransplant HF is unknown.

Methods

We used the US Renal Data System to assemble a cohort of 27,701 patients who underwent their first kidney transplant in the USA between the years 2005 and 2012 and who had Medicare fee-for-service coverage for >6 months preceding their transplant date. Patients with any HF diagnosis prior to transplant were excluded. Detailed baseline patient characteristics and comorbidities were abstracted. The outcome of interest was de novo posttransplant HF. Pretr

SUBMITTER: Lenihan CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678165 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature