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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.
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Meditation should be considered by all who have higher than normal blood pressure.