Cardiac Disease Evaluation and Management Among Kidney and Liver Transplantation Candidates: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 434 - 480
• Main Authors: LENTINE, Krista L, COSTA, Salvatore P, EAGLE, Kim A, WEIR, Matthew R, ROBB, John F, FLEISHER, Lee A, KASISKE, Bertram L, CARITHERS, Robert L, RAGOSTA, Michael, BOLTON, Kline, AUERBACH, Andrew D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier 31.07.2012; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: American Heart Association; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; Cause of Death; Colleges & universities; Coronary Disease - diagnosis; Coronary Disease - mortality; Coronary Disease - prevention & control; Coronary vessels; Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control; Foundations; Heart attacks; Humans; Kidney Transplantation; Liver Transplantation; Liver, biliary tract, pancreas, portal circulation, spleen; Mass Screening; Medical research; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Risk Assessment; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the digestive system; Surgery of the urinary system; Transplants & implants; United States; United States; Heart; Human; Evaluation; American; Liver; Cardiovascular disease; Homotransplantation; Kidney; Association; Clinical management; Treatment; Surgery; Heart disease; Graft; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Kidney transplantation; Liver transplantation
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.008

According to Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) records, nearly 85,000 candidates were on the waiting list for kidney transplantation in 2010, and [approximate]17,700 kidney transplantations (including 828 kidney-pancreas transplantations) were performed (1). ACC American College of Cardiology ACCF American College of Cardiology Foundation ADA American Diabetes Association AST American Society of Transplantation BMS Bare-metal stent CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting CAD Coronary artery disease CI Confidence interval CKD Chronic kidney disease cTn Cardiac troponin cTnT Cardiac troponin T DES Drug-eluting stent DSE Dobutamine stress echocardiography ECG Electrocardiogram eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate ESLD End-stage liver disease ESRD End-stage renal disease FHS Framingham Heart Study GFR Glomerular filtration rate HDL High-density lipoprotein HR Hazard ratio IHD Ischemic heart disease KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes LAD Left anterior descending LDL Low-density lipoprotein LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction MACEs Major adverse cardiovascular events METS Metabolic equivalent tasks MI Myocardial Infarction MPS Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy NKF/KDOQI National Kidney Foundation/Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative OPTN Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network OR Odds ratio PASP Pulmonary artery systolic pressure PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention RR Relative risk RVSP Right ventricular systolic pressure USRDS U.S. Renal Data System Appendix 3 Abbreviations