Pericardial Effusion After Renal Transplantation: Timing and Clinical Characteristics |
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Authors: | Stephani C Wang Eugene Pashkovetsky David Conti Ashar Ata Mikhail Torosoff Steven Fein Nikolaos Chandolias Reynold I Lopez-Soler Radmila Lyubarova |
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Institution: | 1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California;2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York;3. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York;4. Department of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Abstract: | BackgroundPericardial effusion and tamponade have been recognized as potentially serious complications in patients who have undergone renal transplantation. Our study aims to analyze the association between sirolimus and the development of pericardial effusion in renal transplant recipients.MethodsThis is a single-center retrospective study of 585 consecutive patients who underwent renal transplantation between 2005 and 2016. The study included 82 patients (14%) who developed new pericardial effusion after transplantation. Baseline demographics, medical comorbidities, medication use, echocardiographic parameters, and time to occurrence of effusion were assessed. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on timing of effusion development: early onset, ≤4 years after transplantation (51%); and late onset, >4 years after transplantation (49%). We examined the likelihood of immunosuppressant use and timing of effusion development using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis.ResultsThe mean age of the cohort was 55.1 ± 11.5 years, 58.5% were men, 81.7% were white, and mean time from transplantation to the development of effusion was 4 ± 3.1 years. There were no significant differences between the early and late effusion groups in the demographic characteristics and medical comorbidities. However, sirolimus therapy was more common in the late effusion group. Furthermore, after adjusting for comorbidities, sirolimus use was associated with greater risk for developing late-onset effusion, adjusted odds ratio of 3.58 (95% confidence interval 1.25-10.20, P = .017).ConclusionPericardial effusion is prevalent in renal transplant recipients. In our cohort, treatment with sirolimus was associated with late-onset pericardial effusion. Awareness of pericardial disease in this population is important, and further studies are needed to identify predisposing factors. |
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