Pretransplant cardiac stress testing and transplant wait time in kidney transplantation candidates
This study found a higher rate of cardiac testing in dialysis patients evaluated for kidney transplants. Cardiac testing was associated with longer transplant wait time, but no association was observed between testing and post-transplant mortality.
Authors
- Columbus Batiste (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-9387)
- Wansu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3486-7468)
- Yi‐Lin Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3758-3177)
- Amandeep Sahota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2270-0046)
- James Onwuzurike
- Rachid A. Elkoustaf
- Joseph Kahwaji
- Ming‐Sum Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-6452)
- Roland L. Lee
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Los Angeles Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Heart
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2024-002738
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- Kaiser Permanente