Simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation results in respectable long-term outcome but a high rate of early kidney graft loss in high-risk recipients – a European single center analysis

Abstract Background In spite of renal graft shortage and increasing waiting times for transplant candidates, simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation (HKTx) is an increasingly performed procedure established for patients with combined end-stage cardiac and renal failure. Although data on renal...

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Main Authors: Oliver Beetz, Juliane Thies, Clara A. Weigle, Fabio Ius, Michael Winkler, Christoph Bara, Nicolas Richter, Jürgen Klempnauer, Gregor Warnecke, Axel Haverich, Murat Avsar, Gerrit Grannas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02430-x