Authors

• Daniela Lončar — University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina — ORCID: 0000-0003-1496-9309
• Maida Taletović Dugonjić — University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina — ORCID: 0000-0003-3975-9981

Keywords

cardiovascular disease, kidney transplant patients, hemodialysis

DOI

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**Introduction**: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in kidney transplant patients. Patients on hemodialysis have a 10-20 times greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to the general population. The risk of cardiovascular disease may differ in hemodialysis patients and kidney transplant patients. (1) Aims: To determine the frequency of risk factors for occurrence of cardiovascular disease and frequency of cardiovascular diseases in kidney transplant patients and patients on chronic hemodialysis. **Patients and Methods**: We compared the frequency of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant patients and hemodialysis patients. Patients were divided into two groups: kidney transplant patients (60 patients) and patients treated with hemodialysis (30 patients). **Results**: The incidence of non-traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant patients was as following: hypertension 30%, diabetes mellitus 23.3%, 26.67% active smoking, dyslipidemia 41.67%.Congestive heart failure had 3.33% kidney transplant patients and 16,67% patients treated with hemodialysis. Hypertension had 30% kidney transplant patients and 66.67% patients treated with hemodialysis. Left ventricular hypertrophy had 50% kidney transplant patients and 76.67% patients treated with hemodialysis. Coronary heart disease had 13.33% kidney transplant patients and 36.67% patients treated with hemodialysis. Atrial fibrillation had 10% kidney transplant patients and 26.67% patients treated with hemodialysis. Mitral regurgitation had 33.33% kidney transplant patients and 56.67% patients treated with hemodialysis. Aortic regurgitation had 15% kidney transplant patients and 33.33% patients treated with hemodialysis. **Conclusion**: We find statistically significant differences in the frequency of cardiovascular disease between kidney transplant patients and patients treated with hemodialysis.

Literature

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