Pulmonary hypertension is associated with increased risk for graft dysfunction after kidney transplantation, investigators report.
Among 350 patients who received a single kidney transplant from 2010 to 2011 at Emory Transplant Center in Atlanta, Georgia, 117 (33%) had preoperative pulmonary hypertension based on echocardiography. Read the full story in Renal & Urology News.