Simple tool to predict adverse heart events after kidney transplant

What is it about?

Chronic kidney disease refers to a progressive loss in kidney function over a period of months or years. There is no cure for chronic kidney disease, although treatment can slow or halt the progression of the disease and can prevent other serious conditions developing. Kidney transplantation is an operation to place a healthy kidney in one’s body to perform the functions that the recipient’s diseased kidneys can no longer perform. Cardiovascular disease is commonly seen in people with chronic kidney disease regardless of age, stage of kidney disease or if they have had a transplant. Therefore, it is important to recognize patients with chronic kidney disease who may be at a higher risk of developing heart disease at the time of kidney transplant.

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Why is it important?

This study is an important tool in this direction as we showed subclinical markers on echocardiography which is a non-invasive, easily accessible test to risk stratify these individuals with chronic kidney disease being evaluated for kidney transplantation who would be at a higher risk for developing heart disease related events or death after transplant.