Assessment of arterial stiffness using pulse wave velocity in tacrolimus users the first year post kidney transplantation: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: The leading cause of death in end stage renal disease is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Kidney transplantation is associated with improved survival over dialysis. We hypothesized that arterial stiffness, a marker of CVD, would improve in patients post kidney transplant, potentially explai...

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Autores principales: Birdwell, Kelly Ann, Jaffe, Gilad, Bian, Aihua, Wu, Pingsheng, Ikizler, Talat Alp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26133166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0092-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26133166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0092-7

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