Renal failure as a determinant of mortality after cardiac transplantation.
Transplant Proc
; 36(4): 989-90, 2004 May.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Patients with heart failure frequently develop renal failure, which increases the mortality rate among patients undergoing cardiac transplantation.PURPOSE:
To determine whether preoperative renal function influenced postoperative mortality in cardiac transplantation recipients. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The measurements of plasma urea, plasma creatinine, and 24-hour creatinine clearance in patients who underwent cardiac transplantation were correlated with mortality at 30, 90, and 365 days after the procedure, using Student t test for continuous variables and the chi-square test for categorical variables.RESULTS:
All variables correlated with mortality, particularly plasma creatinine at 30, 90, and 365 days (P =.029,.003, and.0029, respectively).CONCLUSION:
Preoperative renal failure is a mortality indicator in cardiac transplantation recipients.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Coração
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Insuficiência Renal
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article