ISSN:
1432-1440
Keywords:
Hypertension
;
Kidney transplantation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The prevalence of hypertension is approximately 50 percent in renal transplanted patients, even in the most recent series. Hypertension contributes to the cardiovascular complication observed in these patients. Hypertension is related to various mechanisms: renin release from the own remaining kidney(s), stenosis of the transplant artery, often chronic rejection, rarely recurrence of the initial disease on the renal graft, or possibly transmission of “predisposition” to essential hypertension with the graft.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01717349
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