Blood Pressure and Living Kidney Donors: A Clinical Perspective
Elevated blood pressure (BP), or “hypertension,” has been one of the main exclusion criteria for living kidney donation, as it is a risk factor for renal and cardiovascular disease. The effect of elevated BP in living kidney donors is not well studied or understood. The most current living kidney do...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Transplantation Direct |
| Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000939 |