The impact of blood pressure variability and pulse pressure on graft survival and mortality after kidney transplantation.
Nikolaos PagonasKonstantinos MarkakisFrederic BauerFelix S SeibertMax SeidelWalter ZidekStylianos KykalosBenjamin SaskoThomas KleinNina BabelRichard ViebahnTimm H WesthoffPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2018)
Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability is not associated with mortality or graft loss after kidney transplantation in this retrospective analysis. In analogy to the general population, however, there is an inverse relationship of survival and pulse pressure as a marker of arterial stiffness.