Mustafa Tunahan ÖZ, Nadi Nazım ÖZTÜRK, İlhami Soykan BARLAS, Adnan KAYA, Süheyla APAYDIN
Interventional Cardiology Perspectives - 2026;2(1):16-22
Background: Cardiovascular abnormalities are highly prevalent among candidates for kidney transplantation and significantly affect post-transplant outcomes. Pre-transplant echocardiographic findings and circulating biochemical markers may assist in identifying recipients at increased risk prior to transplantation. Aim: To determine whether pre-transplant echocardiographic parameters and biochemical markers are predictive of 1-year survival among recipients of living-donor kidney transplants. Methods: We analyzed data from 178 adult patients who underwent living-donor kidney transplantation between 2021 and 2025. Results: During the 1-year follow-up period, 13 deaths occurred, corresponding to a mortality rate of 7.3%. In univariable Cox regression analysis, older age, longer duration of dialysis, HCM, and reduced LVEF (<55%) were significantly associated with 12-month mortality. Conclusion: Older age, prolonged dialysis duration, HCM, and reduced LVEF were associated with increased 12-month mortality in univariable analyses. NT-proBNP was not significantly associated with mortality.
