Journal article
Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Live Kidney Donors
Abstract
Over the past two decades, live kidney donation by older individuals (≥55 years) has become more common. Given the strong associations of older age with cardiovascular disease (CVD), nephrectomy could make older donors vulnerable to death and cardiovascular events. We performed a cohort study among older live kidney donors who were matched to healthy older individuals in the Health and Retirement Study. The primary outcome was mortality …
Authors
Reese PP; Bloom RD; Feldman HI; Rosenbaum P; Wang W; Saynisch P; Tarsi NM; Mukherjee N; Garg AX; Mussell A
Journal
American Journal of Transplantation, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 1853–1861
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2014
DOI
10.1111/ajt.12822
ISSN
1600-6135