Assessing cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease patients prior to kidney transplantation: clinical usefulness of a standardised cardiovascular assessment protocol

Abstract Background Despite pre-kidney-transplant cardiovascular (CV) assessment being routine care to minimise perioperative risk, the utility of such assessment is not well established. The study reviewed the evaluation and outcome of a standardised CV assessment protocol. Methods Data were analys...

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Main Authors: Robin Ramphul, Maria Fernandez, Sam Firoozi, Juan C. Kaski, Rajan Sharma, Debasish Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0795-z