Does retinal arteriolar narrowing increase the likelihood of chronic kidney disease in hypertension?
These findings show that the presence of microvascular disease in the retina increases the likelihood of CKD associated with hypertension and suggest that examination of the retinal vasculature may aid in stratification of CKD risk in hypertensive patients.
In the absence of pulmonary hypertension, cardiopulmonary bypass is only occasionally necessary in double-lung transplantation. Bypass is associated with substantial early allograft dysfunction after transplantation.