453 The Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease before and after Orthotopic Heart Transplant: Does the Degree of eGFR Decline Proportionally Translate into Poorer Patient Outcomes?

Authors :: Jeffrey Jiang
Y. Naka
M. Ji
Michael Argenziano
Paul Christian Schulze
Maryjane Farr
Craig R. Smith
Donna M. Mancini
Faisal H. Cheema
Halit Yerebakan
A. Almehmi
Hiroo Takayama
Source :: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 31:S160
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2012.
Abstract: The Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease before and after Orthotopic Heart Transplant: Does the Degree of eGFR Decline Proportionally Translate into Poorer Patient Outcomes? J. Jiang, A. Almehmi, M. Ji, H. Yerebakan, M.A. Farr, M. Argenziano, C.R. Smith, H. Takayama, D.M. Mancini, Y. Naka, P.C. Schulze, F.H. Cheema. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Division of Nephrology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN.

Subjects :: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Nephrology
Transplantation
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Columbia university
medicine.disease
Egfr decline
Cardiothoracic surgery
Internal medicine
medicine
Surgery
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Intensive care medicine
business
Kidney disease

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