Creatinine levels and cardiovascular events in women with heart disease: do small changes matter?
Although baseline renal function was among the strongest predictors of CHD events during 7 years of HERS follow-up, we found no significant association of worsened renal function with cardiovascular outcomes after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors and interim events.
Nowadays, cadaveric liver donors are older, suffer more chronic diseases, die due to cerbrovascular diseases, remain longer in intensive care units and the livers are macroscopically worse compared to donors accepted 15 years ago.