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SUBMITTER: Brinza C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8999673 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brinza Crischentian C Covic Adrian A Stefan Anca Elena AE Floria Mariana M Popa Iolanda Valentina IV Scripcariu Dragos-Viorel DV Burlacu Alexandru A
Journal of clinical medicine 20220331 7
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH) has a high prevalence in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, especially those undergoing kidney transplantation (KT). We aimed to systematically review and calculate the pooled effect size of the literature evaluating the association between pre-existing PH documented by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) or invasively and adverse outcomes following KT. The primary composite outcome extracted from the included studies was represented by the mortality fro ...[more]