Effect of kidney transplantation on indices of cardiorespiratory fitness assessed with cardiopulmonary exercise testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Eva PellaMaria-Eleni AlexandrouAfroditi BoutouMarieta TheodorakopoulouKonstantina DiplaAndreas ZafeiridisPantelis SarafidisPublished in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2023)
Several major indices of cardiorespiratory fitness tend to improve after KT. This finding may represent another modifiable factor contributing to better survival rates of kidney transplant recipients compared to patients undergoing dialysis.