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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1977 Mar;9(1):1–8.

Table 6.

Causes of Death 5 Years or More After Primary Kidney Transplantation

Causes of Death Number of Patients Number of Patients With Adequate Antemortem Kidney Function
Pneumonia 6 4
Liver failure 4 4
Mesentric vascular occlusion 3 2
Suicide 3 1
Disseminated CMV infection 2 1
Coronary occlusion 2 2
Colon perforation 2 1
Cancer 1 1
Hyperparathyroidism and skin gangrene 1
0
Total 24 16