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lüll Cardiac evaluation prior to kidney transplantation Delos Santos RB; Gmurczyk A; Obhrai JS; Watnick SGSemin Dial 2010[May]; 23 (3): 324-9Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for most patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), offering improved quality of life and overall survival rates. However, the limited supply of available organs makes this a scarce resource. Cardiovascular complications continue to be the leading cause of mortality in the kidney transplant population, accounting for over 30% of deaths with a functioning allograft. Thus, preoperative cardiac risk assessment is critical to optimize patient selection and outcomes. Currently there is no consensus for cardiovascular evaluation in the chronic kidney disease and ESRD population prior to kidney transplantation; the recommendations of the American Society of Nephrology and American Society of Transplantation differ from those of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. Previously developed risk scores have also been used to risk stratify this population. In this review, we discuss two cases that illustrate the difficulties of interpreting the prognostic value of current testing strategies. We also discuss the importance of different tests for cardiovascular evaluation as well as previous nonkidney transplant specific risk scores used in the pre-kidney transplant population.|*Kidney Transplantation[MESH]|Cardiovascular Diseases/complications/*diagnosis[MESH]|Electrocardiography[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications/mortality/*surgery[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Middle Aged[MESH]|Preoperative Care/*methods[MESH] |