Chizoba Obi1, Adaani E Frost2, Edward A Graviss3, Duc T Nguyen4, A Osama Gaber5, Wadi N Suki6. 1. Nephrology Training Program, Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. 2. Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6565 Fannin, Houston, Texas; Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas;; Houston Methodist Lung Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: afrost@houstonmethodist.org. 3. Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas;; Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. 4. Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas. 5. Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. 6. Nephrology Training Program, Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6565 Fannin, Houston, Texas.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been well characterized in end-stage kidney disease and carries a grave prognosis. Its relationship to kidney transplantation outcomes is uncertain. The purpose of the present study was to characterize PH in kidney transplant candidates and to evaluate the relationship of PH to post-transplantation outcomes. METHODS: A retrospective review of medical records and echocardiographic findings in all patients listed and transplanted at a large urban academic medical center from 2010 to 2015 was undertaken. PH (defined as echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary artery systolic pressure ≥ 35 mm Hg) was assessed along with demographics, and comorbidities for its relationship to patient, and graft survival by univariable and multivariable analysis. RESULTS: Of 733 patients, 15.6% (115) had PH. PH in this population was primarily due to left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. Patient survival (78.3% vs 89.6%, P = .02) and the composite of patient and graft survival (70.7% vs 85.0%, P = .04) was reduced at 5 years in patients with PH as compared to patients with No PH, respectively. However, multivariable analysis suggested that age at presentation, race, and left ventricular systolic function but not PH were significantly associated with patient mortality or graft loss. CONCLUSION: Reduced patient and graft survival seen in patients with pulmonary hypertension appears to be related to risk factors other than the pulmonary hypertension itself; therefore, pretransplant PH should not be considered as a barrier to kidney transplantation.
BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been well characterized in end-stage kidney disease and carries a grave prognosis. Its relationship to kidney transplantation outcomes is uncertain. The purpose of the present study was to characterize PH in kidney transplant candidates and to evaluate the relationship of PH to post-transplantation outcomes. METHODS: A retrospective review of medical records and echocardiographic findings in all patients listed and transplanted at a large urban academic medical center from 2010 to 2015 was undertaken. PH (defined as echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary artery systolic pressure ≥ 35 mm Hg) was assessed along with demographics, and comorbidities for its relationship to patient, and graft survival by univariable and multivariable analysis. RESULTS: Of 733 patients, 15.6% (115) had PH. PH in this population was primarily due to left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. Patient survival (78.3% vs 89.6%, P = .02) and the composite of patient and graft survival (70.7% vs 85.0%, P = .04) was reduced at 5 years in patients with PH as compared to patients with No PH, respectively. However, multivariable analysis suggested that age at presentation, race, and left ventricular systolic function but not PH were significantly associated with patientmortality or graft loss. CONCLUSION: Reduced patient and graft survival seen in patients with pulmonary hypertension appears to be related to risk factors other than the pulmonary hypertension itself; therefore, pretransplant PH should not be considered as a barrier to kidney transplantation.
Authors: Adaani E Frost; Linda W Moore; Miguel Valdivia E Alvarado; Chizoba Obi; Edward A Graviss; Duc T Nguyen; Ahmed Osama Gaber; Wadi N Suki Journal: Pulm Circ Date: 2022-02-08 Impact factor: 2.886