Heart Failure in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Narrative Review of Risk Factors, Therapy, and Current Gaps in Management.

IF 3.2 Q2 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Cardiology and Therapy Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-23 DOI:10.1007/s40119-026-00446-8
Anukul Ghimire, Gaeth Al-Zaneen, Jacob B Michaud, George Worthen, Christie Rampersad, Sunita K S Singh, Ngan N Lam, S Joseph Kim, Karthik K Tennankore, Amanda Vinson
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Among kidney transplant recipients (KTR), cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality, with heart failure (HF) being especially common in this population. Risk factors for HF in KTR can be categorized as traditional (risks relevant to the general population) versus nontraditional (unique to kidney disease and transplantation). Despite the substantial burden of cardiovascular disease, KTR have been excluded from large clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine and from landmark studies looking at the kidney-protective effects of novel cardiorenal metabolic agents, including sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i). Thus, there is uncertainty about the safety and efficacy of the use of guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) for HF in this population. Long-term optimal use of GDMT in KTR is limited by various barriers, including the risk of hyperkalemia from concomitant use of renin-angiotensin inhibitors and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, fears about genitourinary infections from SGLT2i, and lack of evidence for kidney-protective effects from GDMT agents among KTR. Overcoming these barriers will require a multifaceted approach that involves evidence generation to understand the efficacy and safety of GDMT among KTR, implementation-based strategies to increase uptake of GDMT, and development of multispecialty combined clinical care approaches to care for KTR with HF.

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肾移植受者心力衰竭:危险因素、治疗和当前管理差距的叙述性回顾。
在肾移植受者(KTR)中,心血管疾病仍然是导致死亡的主要原因,心力衰竭(HF)在这一人群中尤为常见。KTR中HF的危险因素可分为传统(与一般人群相关的风险)和非传统(肾脏疾病和移植所特有的风险)。尽管KTR是心血管疾病的重大负担,但它已被排除在心血管医学的大型临床试验和观察新型心肾代谢药物(包括钠-葡萄糖共转运蛋白2抑制剂(SGLT2i))肾脏保护作用的里程碑式研究之外。因此,在这一人群中使用指导药物治疗(GDMT)治疗心衰的安全性和有效性存在不确定性。在KTR中,GDMT的长期最佳使用受到各种障碍的限制,包括同时使用肾素-血管紧张素抑制剂和矿化皮质激素受体拮抗剂导致高钾血症的风险,对SGLT2i引起的泌尿生殖系统感染的担忧,以及缺乏证据表明GDMT药物在KTR中具有肾脏保护作用。克服这些障碍将需要多方面的方法,包括证据生成,以了解GDMT在KTR中的有效性和安全性,基于实施的策略,以增加GDMT的吸收,以及开发多专业联合临床护理方法来治疗伴有HF的KTR。
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Cardiology and Therapy
Cardiology and Therapy CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS-
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期刊介绍: Aims and Scope Cardiology and Therapy is an international, open access, peer reviewed (single-blind), rapid-publication journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality clinical (all phases), observational, real-world, and health outcomes research around the discovery, development, and use of cardiovascular therapies and interventions, including devices. Studies relating to diagnosis and diagnostics, pharmacoeconomics, public health, quality of life, as well as patient care, management and education are also encouraged. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, ischaemic heart disease and acute cardiac care, myocardial, valvular, pericardial and congenital heart disease, vascular and pulmonary disease (including hypertension), arrhythmias, heart failure, non-invasive diagnostic techniques, and invasive and interventional cardiology as well as cardiovascular surgery. The journal is of interest to a broad audience of pharmaceutical and healthcare professionals and publishes original research, reviews, case reports/case series, trial protocols and short communications such as commentaries and editorials. Cardiolology and Therapy will consider all scientifically sound research be it positive, confirmatory or negative data. Submissions are welcomed whether they relate to an international and/or a country-specific audience, something that is crucially important when researchers are trying to target more specific patient populations. This inclusive approach allows the journal to assist in the dissemination of quality research, which may be considered of insufficient interest by other journals. Rapid Publication The journal’s publication timelines aim for a rapid peer review of 2 weeks. If an article is accepted it will be published 3–4 weeks from acceptance. 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