Abstract

Background Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess central (aortic) vascular dysfunction in post renal transplant patients by high-resolution cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). Background: Renal transplant recipients are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. The cardiac phenotype in post-transplant recipients is not well defined. A recent study suggested myocardial perfusion is impaired in renal transplant patients irrespective of the degree of left ventricular hypertrophy [1].We hypothesized that post transplant patients have persistently increased aortic stiffness, and that it could be correlated with reduced myocardial perfusion.

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