BACKGROUND: @entity1 with @entity454 are at increased risk for @entity340 . It has not been established whether hospitalized @entity340 ( @entity340 ) is a substantial barrier to @entity8 ( @entity8 ) after transplant listing, or whether @entity340 progresses after @entity8 . METHODS: Using data from the USRDS, we studied 35,215 @entity1 with @entity454 enrolled on the renal transplant waiting list from July 1994 to June 1997. Cox non-proportional hazards regression models were used to calculate adjusted, time-dependent hazard ratios (HR) for @entity8 and @entity340 . RESULTS: In comparison to maintenance dialysis (2.2/1,000 @entity1 years), @entity8 was independently associated with a lower hazard for hospitalization for @entity340 (0.7/1,000 @entity1 years, HR 0.28, 95% confidence interval 0.17 - 0.47). Renal transplant recipients had much lower rates of @entity340 after transplant than before (rate ratio (RR) 0.49, 95% Cl 0.47 - 0.52). @entity1 with @entity340 were significantly less likely to receive @entity8 (adjusted rate for @entity8 0.38, 95% CI 0.20 - 0.45) but @entity1 who received valve replacement surgeries (VRS) were not affected (adjusted rate for @entity8 1.10, 95% CI 0.52 - 2.32, not significant). CONCLUSIONS: @entity340 is an uncommon but serious barrier to @entity8 after listing, while VRS is not a significant barrier to @entity8 . Established @entity340 does not appear to worsen after @entity8 . Clinicians should consider giving increased attention to the detection and treatment of @entity340 during the pre-transplant evaluation.

Hospitalized @entity340 in XXXX on renal transplant waiting list: incidence, clinical correlates and outcomes.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'person'] @entity340 :: ('MESH:D006349', 'Disease') :: ['heart valve calcification', 'VHD', 'valvular heart disease'] @entity8 :: ('MESH:D007674', 'Disease') :: ['RT', 'renal transplantation'] @entity454 :: ('MESH:D007676', 'Disease') :: ['ESRD']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
