Acute Kidney Injury and Long-Term Risk for Cardiovascular Events in Patients after Kidney Transplantation

• Main Authors: Ruth Rahamimov (Author), Tuvia Y. van Dijk (Author), Maya Molcho (Author), Itay Vahav (Author), Eytan Mor (Author), Naomy Ben Dor (Author), Shira Goldman (Author), Benaya Rozen-Zvi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) was found to be associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in the general population. Patients after kidney transplantation are prone to AKI events and are also at an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. The associa...