Blood Pressure and Living Kidney Donors: A Clinical Perspective

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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Main Authors: Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD, Stanley Yuan, MD, Farid Arman, MD, Lewis Simon, MD, Kelly Shaffer, MD, Mohammad Kamgar, MD, Niloofar Nobakht, MD, Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD, Matthew R. Weir, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-10-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000939

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