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Complexities and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Comprehensive Review

Krista L. Lentine 1 , Deborah J Levine 2 , James R Runo 3 , Yasar Caliskan 4 , Salvatore P Costa 5 , Ngan N Lam 6 , David A Axelrod 7 , Kenneth J Woodside 7
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, USA

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Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

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Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA

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Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

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Department of Surgery, Gift of Life, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Turkish J Nephrol 2024; 33: 8-26
DOI: 10.5152/turkjnephrol.2023.23626
Keywords : Pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary arterial pressure, kidney transplant, dialysis access, vascular access, right heart catheterization, echocardiogram
Read: 566 Downloads: 166 Published: 05 January 2024
Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2024
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is often present in patients presenting for kidney transplant listing. While PH can complicate kidney transplantation (KTx), it can be managed with multidisciplinary management that includes both the transplant center and pulmonary hypertension center, or with experts both pre- and post-transplant. This review summarizes the approach and management of PH in KTx candidates and recipients, along with expected outcomes and controversies surrounding arteriovenous fistula and graft management.

Cite this article as: Lentine KL, Levine DJ, Runo JR, et  al. Complexities and outcomes of pulmonary hypertension in kidney transplant patients: A comprehensive review. Turk J Nephrol. 2024;33(1):8-26.

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