Arterial Hypertension in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Cardiovascular disease are known to be the first mortality cause in kidney transplantation (KT). HT in KT recipient (KTR) leads to a high cardiovascular mortality and also to a short kidney survival. Arterial hypertension (HT) is common in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) and it is reported to occur from 50% to 80 % of cases. HT in KTR is considered when Systolic Blood pressure/ Diastolic blood pressure is > 130/80 mmHg (KDIGO 2012).(1) We report here the prevalence of HT in RTRs in our kidney transplantation center and it’s predictive factors.