Table 2.
Causes of Post-Transplant Hypertension
| Factors | Examples |
|---|---|
| Immunosuppression | Cyclosporine |
| Tacrolimus | |
| Glucocorticoid | |
| Graft disease | Delayed graft function |
| Chronic allograft nephropathy | |
| De novo and recurrent glomerular disease | |
| Acute rejection | |
| Recipient factors | Underlying kidney disease |
| Essential hypertension | |
| Native kidney presence | |
| Excessive weight gain | |
| Secondary Hyperparathyroidism | |
| Donor factors | Preexisting donor hypertension |
| Advanced donor age | |
| Subarachnoidal haemorrhage | |
| Use of right kidney | |
| Female gender | |
| Surgery | Transplant renal artery stenosis |
| Use of right kidney | |
| Cold and warm ischemia time | |
| Renal artery and vein anastomosis time |