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Renal transplant recipients experienced a 5.2% incidence of acute myocardial infarction, >10 times greater than a matched population, with 100% mortality among affected patients.
Cohort (n=212)
Renal transplant recipients face a substantially elevated risk of acute myocardial infarction with an extremely poor prognosis, especially older patients with prior angina.
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High post-transplant MI mortality in older recipients with prior angina; leaves open whether targeted prevention improves survival.
Acute myocardial infarction occurred in 11 of 212 consecutive renal transplant recipients. This incidence is more than 10 times greater than that for an age- and sex-matched unselected population. All 11 patients died from infarction. 5 of the first attack and the rest within the nest 12 months from recurrence. The risk of developing myocardial infarction was greatest for older recipients who had been suffering from angina pectoris prior to the transplantation.
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Gunnarsson et al. (1984) conducted a cohort in Renal transplant recipients (n=212). Renal transplantation vs. Age- and sex-matched unselected population was evaluated on Acute myocardial infarction. Renal transplant recipients experienced a 5.2% incidence of acute myocardial infarction, >10 times greater than a matched population, with 100% mortality among affected patients.
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