High Left Ventricular Filling Pressure on Doppler Echocardiography Is Associated with Graft Failure and Overall Mortality Following Kidney Transplantation

Objective Although E/e´ is prognostic of mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESED), little is known about the prognostic implications of E/e´ following kidney transplant (KT). The objective of this study was to evaluate whether an elevated E/e´ is associated with graft function, postoperative hemodialysis, and overall mortality in end-stage renal disease patients following KT. Design A retrospective observational study. Setting Tertiary teaching hospital. Participants In total, 1,045 patients underwent KT at the authors’ hospital between January 2006 and December 2013. Intervention None. Measurements and Main Results Patients were divided into groups with an E/e´