Factors associated with a higher need for antihypertensive medications at 12-months in postkidney transplant recipients: a retrospective cohort study
Ziad Arabi,
Abdullah S. Bawazir,
Tarek Arabi
et al.
Abstract:Background:
There are limited data on why some kidney transplant (KTx) recipients (KTRs) have ‘difficult-to-control (DTC) hypertension’ requiring greater than or equal to 2 antihypertensive medications while others require less antihypertensive medications post-KTx.
Methods:
The authors reviewed the pre-KTx cardiovascular (CV) imaging, and the changes of CV risk factors during the first-year post-KTx. The authors divided patients according to the number… Show more
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