A CT-based pelvic calcification score in kidney transplant patients is a possible predictor of graft and overall survival.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Computerized tomography (CT) is the most accurate method for evaluating pelvic calcifications, which are of utmost importance for planning kidney transplantation (KT). The aim of our study was to evaluate the incidence and distribution of iliac artery calcifications and correlate the novel pelvic calcification score (PCS) with cardiovascular risk factors and graft and overall survival in KT patients.

Methods

We retrospectively included 118 KT patients operated at our institution with pretransplant pelvic CT. Calcification morphology, circumference and length of both common and external iliac arteries were independently scored by two uroradiologists. PCS was calculated as the total score sum of all three calcification features in all vessels. PCS correlation with g

SUBMITTER: Zuza I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793470 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature