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World J Transplant. Dec 18, 2024; 14(4): 96017
Published online Dec 18, 2024. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v14.i4.96017
Cardiac evaluation of renal transplant candidates with heart failure
Amer Ashaab Belal, Alfonso Hernandez Santos Jr, Amir Kazory
Amer Ashaab Belal, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States
Alfonso Hernandez Santos Jr, Amir Kazory, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, United States
Author contributions: Belal A contributed to the writing of the original draft, literature review, critical revision and editing and approval of the final version of the manuscript; Santos Jr AH contributed to revision and approval of the final version of the manuscript; Kazory A contributed to the conception and design of the work, critical revision, editing, and approval of the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Amer Ashaab Belal, FASN, MD, Doctor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer RoadRoom CG-98, Communicore Building, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States. abelal@ufl.edu
Received: April 24, 2024
Revised: July 21, 2024
Accepted: July 24, 2024
Published online: December 18, 2024
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Core Tip: There are several reviews in the literature detailing the risk stratification for patients undergoing kidney transplant evaluation for coronary heart disease. However, there are relatively few reviews that detail the means to optimize patients with heart failure. This review seeks to report on the latest recommendations to permit efficient and appropriate cardiac evaluation and stratification for patients with advanced kidney disease undergoing evaluation for a kidney transplant as well as review the pathophysiology underlying their unique disease state to inform pretransplant therapeutic options.